Maps
What is a globe?
A 4-pointed star that shows north, east, south, and west.
What is a compass rose?
This is the name for the sphere of air that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
The vertical lines on a map, used to determine absolute location
What is longitude?
A tool used to find absolute location.
What is a GPS?
A map that shows streets, highways, and roads.
What is a road map?
This shows what symbols on a map mean, normally located in a separate box.
What is a key/legend?
The layer of Earth in between the crust and the core with liquid rock/metal.
What is the mantle?
The horizontal lines on a map, used to determine absolute location.
What is latitude?
The movement of Earth that causes a day.
What is rotation?
A map that shows landforms, such as mountains and rivers.
What is a physical map?
Physical features of the Earth, such as mountains, rivers, valleys, etc.
What is a landform?
The deepest layer of Earth, located at the center of it
What is the crust?
At 0 degrees longitude, this line splits the Earth into East and West.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The movement of Earth that causes a year
What is a revolution?
A map that shows non-visible political boundaries.
EX: Countries, States
Any area of Earth that supports life is a part of this.
What is the biosphere?
The layer of Earth that we walk on and see.
What is the lithosphere/crust?
At 0 degrees latitude, this line splits the Earth into North and South.
What is the Equator?
A combination of this and the Earth's revolution lead to the occurrence of seasons.
What is tilt?
A flat depiction of Earth that keeps shapes accurate
What is the Mercator Projection?
Any body of water on Earth is part of this.
What is the hydrosphere?
A pattern of weather(temperature and precipitation) over time.
What is a climate?
The exact position of a point on Earth, determined through latitude and longitude.
What is absolute location?
What it its climate?