Science Vocabulary Week 2017-08-28 Flashcards
Someone who studies geography.
Geographer
An imaginary line on earth that goes from east to west and shows the locations distance from the equator.
Latitude
An imaginary line on earth that goes from north to south and shows the locations distance from the Prime Meridian.
Longitude
The exact location of a place.
Absolute location
The location of a place in relation to other landmarks.
Relative location
To be touching or connected in an unbroken series.
Contiguous
An area of land controlled by a nation.
Territory
A deep valley with steep sides.
Canyon
Fill in the correct word:
Puerto Rico is an example of an area of land controlled by the United States. Puerto Rico would be considered a ____________.
Territory
Fill in the blank:
The Grand ___________ is the largest one in the United States. Carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, it is 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide in places.
Canyon
Fill in the blank:
The _____________ location of our house is in between Daytona Beach and Jacksonville.
Relative Location
Fill in the blank:
The _____________ location of our house is 188 Spanish Marsh Drive, Saint Augustine, Florida. The latitude and longitude of our house is 30.026375, -81.381104.
Absolute location.
Fill in the blank:
There are 48 ___________ states in the United States. They are often called “the Lower 48”. Only Alaska and Hawaii are not touching the other states.
Contiguous
Fill in the blank:
On a map or globe, these kinds of lines run North and South and show distance from the Prime Meridian (which runs through the Greenwich observatory in London, England). They describe an “East/West” location of a point from the Prime Meridian. The lines run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Longitude
Fill in the blank:
On a map or globe, these lines run East and West and show distance from the equator. Any point on the equator is 0 degrees, the top North is 90 degrees North, and the bottom South is 90 degrees South.
Latitude
