Vocab

Question 1

Map

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Mountains

Answer 2

High, rough land areas

Question 3

Plains

Answer 3

Low, flat land areas

Question 4

Cardinal directions

Answer 4

North,south,east,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

Equator

Answer 10

The imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and souther hemispheres

Question 11

Prime meridian

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Distort

Answer 12

To twist or turn out of original size or shape

Question 13

Rotation

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Revolution

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Hemisphere

Answer 15

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