Vocab Flashcards
Map
A representation usually on a flat Surface of the whole or part of an area.
Mountains
High ,rough ,land ,area
Plains
Low,flat,land area
Cardinal directions
North,south,east,west
Intermediate directions
Northeast,northwest,southeast,southwest
Globe
A spherical representational of earth
Sphere
A 3 dimensional shape the shape of earth
Continents
Africa, Asia , Europe , Antarctica,north America ,South American
Oceans ,
Pacific Ocean,Atlantic,oceans, Indian Ocean,Arctic ocean ,Southern ocean
Equator
The imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and Southern Hemispheres
Prime meridian
The imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the south to the South Pole divides the earth into eastern a Western Hemisphere
Distort
To twist Turn was our of size or shape
Rotation
One complete turn on axis the earth dose this once in 24 hours.
Revolution
The spinning of the earth around the sun takes 1 year to complete (365 days )
Hemisphere
Half of a sphere globe the earth has 4 of them