Vocab Flashcards
Map
A representation usually on a flat surface of the whole or part of an area
Mountains
High rough land areas
Plains
Low,flat land areas
Cardinal directions
North,south,east,west
Intermediate directions
Northeast,northwest,southeast,southwest,
Globe
A sphereicial representation of earth
Sphere
A 3 dimensional shape the shape of earth
Continence
Africa,Asia,Europe,Antarctica,North America,South amarica,Australia.
Oceans
Pacific Ocean,Atlantic ocean,Indian Ocean,Arctic Ocean, Southearn Ocean.
Equator
The imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and Southern Hemisphere
Prime meridian
The imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole divides the earth into eastern and Western Hemisphere
Distort
To twist or turn out of a shape or a size
Rotation
One complete turn on an axis the does this once in 24 hours
Revolution
The spinning of the earth around the sun takes one year to complete 365 days
Hemisphere
Half of a sphere or a globe