Bodies of Water
The warmest ocean.
What is the Indian Ocean?
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On the board, list the continents in order from largest to smallest according to land size.
1- Asia 2 - Africa
3 - North America 4 - South America
5 = Antarctic 6 - Europe 7- Australia
This mountain is the highest point on earth.
What is Mt. Everest?
This line divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
The part of a map that helps the reader determine distance.
What is a scale?
This ocean can be found between North America and Europe.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Flat rolling lands with few changes in elevation.
What are plains?
Mt. Kilamanjaro can be found on this continent.
What is Africa?
This line corresponded closely to 180 degrees longitude.
What is the International Date Line?
This continent ranks #3 according to population.
What is Europe?
A body of water surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
This landform ranges between 500 and 2,000 feet in height, has rounded tops and does not usually have a steep slope.
What is a hill?
Mt. Aconcaqua can be found on the western side of this continent.
What is South America?
The starting point for measuring longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The map projection that accurately shows direction and shape, but distorts area and size.
What is the Mercator projection?
This ocean can be found just east of Asia.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
To be considered a mountain, a landform must rise at least this many feet above sea level.
What is 2,000 ft.?
Mt. Kosciusko can be found on this continent.
What is Australia?
23 degrees north latitude.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
This current flows from the Gulf of Mexico to Europe and has a warming effect on the climate of Western Europe.
What is the Gulf Stream?
The world's largest freshwater lake.
What is Lake Superior?
This landform resembles a mesa, but is even smaller in diameter.
What is a butte? (BYOOT)
The highest peak in Europe.
What is Mt. Elbrus?
66 degrees south latitude.
What is the Antarctic Circle?
The process whereby plants absorb water through their roots and transpire this moisture through their leaves into the atmosphere.
What is evapotranspiration?