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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| rotation | spin around an object |
| revolution | to spin while turning |
| tropic of cancer | line of latitude 23 degrees 1/2 north of equator |
| tropic of capricorn | 23 degress 1/2 south of equator |
| arctic circle | a line of latitude 23 degrees 1/2 of south of north pole |
| anaractic circle | a line of latitude 23 degrees 1/2 from south pole |
| Winter solstice | the shortest light but longest night December 21st |
| Summer solstice | the longest daylight but shortest night June 23 |
| vernal equinox | 12 hours of daylight and night Spring |
| autumnal equinox | 12 hours of daylight and night fall |
| relative location | using landmarks to find a place |
| globe/sphere | a three deminsional circle |
| contenient | large land mass that rises above the ocean |
| island | a trasct of land |
| pennisula | an area of land, almost completely surrounded by water, except for an isthmus connecting to the mainland |
| desert | a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only begetation or no vegetation at all |
| mountain | a natural elevation of the arth's surface rising more or less abrubtly to a summit |
| archipleago | a large group or chain of islands |
| platueau | a land having a relatively level surface raised above adjoining land on at least one side |
| mesa | a land formation less extensive than a plateau |
| physical map | a map that hsows mountains, oceans, natural features |
| political map | man made features |
| themeatrical | picks a theme then issustrates it on a map |
| cartographer | someone who makes maps |
| coastal plains | an area of level land usually at low eleveation and with grass along the coast |
| basin | area of land drained and braches; an area of land surrounded by land of higher eleveation |
| canyon | a deep and narrow valley with steep walls |
| harbor | a sheltered place along the shoreline where ships can anchor safely |
| glacier | a large thick body of slowly moving ice |
| valley | an area of low land, usually between mountains or hills |
| volcano | mountain of hill created as liquid rock and ash except from insdie the earth |
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