geography vocab Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
term | definition. |
hemisphere | a map of projection representing one of these halves. |
latitude | the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earths surface measured on he meridian of the point. |
longitude | angular distance east or west on the earth's surface. |
equator | the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North pole and the South pole. |
Primemeridian | the meridian ruuing through Greenwich'England' from which longitude east and west is reckoned. |
international dateline | separates 2 consecutive calender days. |
tropic zone | between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn; characterized by a hot climate. |
absolute location | specific, exact point of reference, address. |
relative location | not as specific location. |
perspective | a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. |
proximity | nearness in place, time, order,occurrence. |
distance | the exact or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc. |
direction | the act or an instance of directing. |
bearing | the manner in which one condusts or carries oneself, inculding posture and gestures. |
coordinates | of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance. |
vector | the direction or coarse followed by an airplane and a missile. |
parallel | extanding in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging |
meridian | a great circle or the earth passing through the poles and any given piont on the earth's surface. |
tropic of cancer | 23.5 degrees north. |
tropic of capricorn | 23.5 degrees south. |
cardinal directions | North,East,Southand West. |
intermediate points | Northeast,Southeast,Southeast,Southwest and Northwest. |
location | a place of settlement, activity, or residence. |
place | a particular potion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent. |
movement | the act, process, or result of moving. |
human environmental interaction | how humans adapt to their environment. |
region | an extensive, continuos part of a surface, space, or body. |
environment | everything that surrounds both natural and manmade. |
ecology | a unique environment. |
adaptation | how living things live in thier unique envirment. |
climate | average weather in a regeion over a long period of time. |
compass rose | a similar design, often ornameented, used on maps to indicate the points of the compass. |
legend/key | tells you specific icons on the map. |
scale | the distance on the map. |
equinox(2) | the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator. |
soslstice(2) | either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest from the equator. |
poles | North pole and the south pole. |
GPS | a receiver that determines its position by analyzing the satellite signals it receives. |
GIS | a geogrphy information system. |
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