Landforms
A body of water that is partly enclosed by land (and is usually smaller than a gulf).
What is a bay?
Temperatures average over 64 degrees year round
Zone is located around the equator
It is hot and humid in this zone
What is the tropical climate zone?
This biome has long, dark, and very cold winters. There are few trees. The ground is frozen beneath the surface.
What is the tundra?
This map show how people have divided places on the Earth into countries, states, cities and other units for the purpose of governing them.
What is a political map?
What is Africa?
A deep valley with very steep sides - often carved from the Earth by a river.
What is a canyon?
Moisture quickly evaporates
Very little rain
What is a dry/desert climate zone?
This biome has mild winters and summers. They have plenty of rain or snow. This biome has deciduous trees that lose their leaves in winter.
What is the temperate forest?
This map show what the surface of the Earth looks like.
What is a physical map?
This continent is where we live.
What is North America?
A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land.
What is a plateau?
Warm and humid summers
Thunderstorms
Mild winters
What is the temperate zone?
This biome has cold winters and hot summers. More rain or snow falls than the taiga. This biome has rich soil.
What are the grasslands?
This map show many different things. Sometimes called Thematic Maps.
What are special purpose maps?
Name the five oceans.
What are the Artic, Atlantic, Pacific, Southern, and Indian oceans?
Land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
Warm to cool summers
Very cold winters sometimes below -22 degrees F
What is the continental zone?
This biome has very cold winters and cool summers. More rain or snow falls this biome than on the tundra.
What is the taiga?
This map shows land elevation
What are elevation/topographic maps?
Name the seven continents.
What are North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antartica?
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses. It has water on two sides.
What is an isthmus?
Temperatures even in the summer don’t get above 50 degrees F
SUPER COLD!
What is the polar zone?
This biome is hot and rainy all year. They have poor soil. They have a variety of plants and animals
What is the tropical rainforest?
Examples of this type of map:
Road or street maps
Navigation/GPS
Nautical Charts
What are navigation maps?
The continent where China is located.
What is Asia?