Vocab Flashcards
Map
A representation usually on a flat surface of the whole part of and area
Mountains
High,rough land areas
Plains
Low,flatland areas
Cardinal directions
North, South, East, West
intermediate directions
Northeast, Northwest, Southwest,Southeast
Globes
A spherical representation of earth
Sphere
A 3 dimensional shape
the shape of earth
Africa, Asia, North America, South, South America, Australia, Antarctica, Europe
All Of The Continents
Equator
The imaginary line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Prime meridian
The imaginary that that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole, divides the earth into eastern and Western Hemisphere
Hemisphere
Half of a sphere , the earth has 4 of them
Oceans
Northern, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian
Distort
To twist or turn out of original size or shape
Rotation
One complete turn on an axis, the earth does this once in 24 hours
Revolution
The spinning of the earth around the sun, takes 1 year to complete