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Grade 3 Unit 1 vocab
map skills vocab
| definition | term |
|---|---|
| our planet | Earth |
| a sphere shaped model of Earth, a 3D model of Earth | globe |
| a body of land completely surrounded by water | island |
| a 3D shape, looks like a ball | sphere |
| a large body of land, there are 7 on Earth | continent |
| large bodies of water, there are 5 on Earth | ocean |
| a model or representation of Earth, NOT 3D | map |
| half of the Earth or sphere, the Earth can be cut into 4 of these, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western | hemisphere |
| imaginary lines on a globe that run horizontally but measure distances north and south of the Equator | lines of latitude |
| imaginary lines on a globe that run vertically but measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian | lines of longitude |
| a line of latitude that divides the Earth in half, cuts the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres | Equator |
| a line of longitude that divides the Earth in half, cuts the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres | Prime Meridian |
| this shows directions on a map | compass rose |
| the MAIN directions -north, south, west, and east | cardinal directions |
| the in between directions - northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest | intermediate directions |
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