Vocab

Question 1

Map

Answer 1

A representation usually on a flat surface of the whole or part an area

Question 2

Mountains

Answer 2

High, rough land areas

Question 3

Plains

Answer 3

Low, flat land ares

Question 4

Cardinal directions

Answer 4

North, east, south, west

Question 5

Intermediate directions

Answer 5

Northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest

Question 6

Globe

Answer 6

A spherical representation of earth

Question 7

Sphere

Answer 7

A 3 dimensional shape the shape of earth

Question 8

Continents

Answer 8

Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, North America, South America, Australia.

Question 9

Oceans

Answer 9

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean

Question 10

Distort

Answer 10

To twist or turn out of original size our shape

Question 11

Rotation

Answer 11

One complete turn on an axis; the earth does this once in 24 hours

Question 12

Revolution

Answer 12

The spinning of the earth around the sun;takes 1 year to complete (365 days)

Question 13

Hemisphere

Answer 13

Half of a sphere (globe); the earth has 4 of them

Question 14

Prime meridian

Answer 14

The imaginary line that from the North Pole to the South Pole;divides the earth into Eastern and Western Hemisphere

Question 15

Equator

Answer 15

The imaginary line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemisphere