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Geography
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| lines of lattitude | lines that run east and west around the earth |
| lines of longitude | lines that run north and south around the earth |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| Tropical Zone | climate zone in the low latitudes |
| compass rose | pointer for cardinal directions: north, south, east and west |
| renewable resource | a natural resource that can be replaced (water, wind) |
| non-renewable resource | a resource that cannot be replaced (coal, gas) |
| vegetation | plants |
| Geography | study of relationship between physical features, climate, and people |
| key | legend: box in which a map's symbols are explained |
| equator | imaginary line running east and west around the earth |
| hemisphere | one of the halves of the earth as divided by the earth as divided by the equator or a meridian |
| temperate zone | a climate zone farther away from the Arctic Circle |
| parallel | north to south they never touch |
| meridian | longitude east or west of the Prime Meridian |
| environment | earth's natural surrounding |
| distribution map | map that shows population density |
| physical map | map that shows land forms |
| isthmus | narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger pieces of land |
| Polar Zone | North of the ArcticSouth of the Antarctic |
| archipelago | a group of chain of islands |
| cataract | another name for a waterfall |
| delta | triangular shaped land form at the mouth of a river |
| desert | dry barren land without trees |
| scale | helps estimate real distances on earth |
| climate | the average weather conditions of a place over a long span of time |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere |
| prime meridian | imaginary line running north and south around the earth |