NCMS 6W SS Vocab 1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Geography | the study of earth and its peoples, places, and environments |
Spatial | Earth's features in terms of their places, shapes, and relationships to one another |
Landscape | a portion of the Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time and from one location |
Relative Location | describes where a place is relative to another place |
Absolute Location | the exact location of something |
Latitude | lines on a map that run east to west, but measure distance in a north to south direction |
Climate | the average weather in a place over a long period of time |
Hemisphere | each half of Earth |
Compass Rose | the feature on a map that shows direction |
Scale | the relationship between distances on the map and on Earth |
Elevation | the measurement of how much above or below sea level a place is |
Relief | the difference between the elevation of one feature and the elevation of another feature near it |
Technology | any way that scientific discoveries are applied to practical use |
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