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final exam review 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atlas | a book of maps |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| geography | study of earth, land, people |
| artic circle | latitude line 66 1/2 degrees north |
| antartic circle | latitude line 66 1/2 degrees south |
| longitude | meridians that run north/south on a map/globe |
| themetic map | map that shows specific info like climate or population |
| scale bar | measures distance on a map |
| cardinal dirctions | north/south/east/west |
| map scale | the relationship between the distance between two places in real life/map |
| hemispere | a half of the earth |
| equator | the main line of latitude |
| circle graph | pie-shaped graph |
| globe | a ball shaped model earth |
| population | average number of people per sqare mile |
| bar graph | a graph that compares in formation |
| grid system | latitude/longitude line cross |
| climograph | shows climate of weather patterns in a specif place |
| pictograph | compareison of sybols/pictures |
| relative location | how far and in what direction one place is to another |
| chart | a graphice way of presenting info organized |
| political map | a map nshowing people -made boundaries |
| physicla map | shows elevation |
| map key | a guide that shows what colors/symbols mean on a map |
| climate | average weather pattern of an area |
| absolute value | the exact position of a place on earth |
| compase rose | small sybol that shows directions on a map |
| latitude | parallel lines that run east to west on a map or globe |
| bay | a large body of water that extends into the shoeline |
| channel | wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close too each other |
| climate | usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time |
| current | moving streamsof water that enstends inland larger than a BAY |
| droght | long period of extreme dryness and water shorteage |
| elevation | height asbove sea level |
| landform | indiviual features |
| gulf | large body of water that exstends inland |
| hurricane | violent tropical strom with high winds and heavy rainfall |
| island | land compeletlysourounded by water |
| lake | a sizeable inland body of water |
| hiagh land climate | cool or cold clmate that vareies with elevations |
| tropical climate | warm year round extends from the equator to tropic of cancer and from the equator to the trpic of capricorn |
| prevailing wind | movements of air that travel around the earth |
| el nino | cause by the combitination of tempature wind and water |
| la nina | eastern winds become strong and the oppistite of el nino occors-pacif ocean gets cooler |
| dry climate | dry to partly dry areas with little to rain |
| typhoon | name for a hurricane in asia |
| tornado | funnel shaped wind storm |
| tropics | low latitude region between the tropic of cancer/capricorn |
| mountain | land with steepSIDES THAT RISE SHARPLY |
| MOUNTAIN RANGE | a series of connected mountains |
| monsoon | seasoonal wind that blows over a continent for a log period of time |
| weather | unpredictable changes in the air that take place in a short period of time |
| plain | area of low elevation covered in grass |
| plateau | flat or rolling land at high elevation |
| river | large natrual stream of water that runs through land |
| sea | |
| straight | |
| ocean | |
| volcano | |
| valley |
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