Vocabulary

Question 1

Map

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Moutains

Answer 2

High,rough land areas.

Question 3

Plains

Answer 3

Low,flat land areas.

Question 4

Cardinal directions

Answer 4

North,south,east, and 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

A3 dimensional shape

The shape of earth

Question 8

Continents

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Oceans

Answer 9

Southern,pacific, Atlantic,Arctic,Indian.

Question 10

Equator

Answer 10

The imaginary line that divides the earth into the northern and Southern 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

Hemisphere

Answer 12

Half of a sphere; the earth has 4 of them.

Question 13

Distort

Answer 13

To twist or turn out of original size or shape

Question 14

Rotation

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Revolution

Answer 15

The spinning of the earth around the sun;takes 1 year to complete.