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Vocab Warm Up 1-20
SS vocab 6th-1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| distance north or south of the Equator in degrees | latitude |
| distance east or west of the Prime Meridian in degrees | longitude |
| line which divides northern and southern hemispheres | equator |
| line that divides eastern and western hemispheres | Prime Meridian |
| study of earth and its features | geography |
| Landmass with Europe and Asia | Eurasia |
| Land with water on three sides | peninsula |
| Flat land | plains |
| cities | urban |
| countryside | rural |
| slow-moving masses of ice and snow | glacier |
| area too cold and dry for trees to grow | tundra |
| evergreen trees which have cones | conifer |
| huge coniferous forest mostly in Russia. | taiga |
| landform that separates Europe from Asia | Urals |
| condition of the air and sky at a certain time | weather |
| average weather of a place over many years | climate |
| Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail | precipitation |
| Useful materials found in the earth | natural resources |
| land good for farming | arable |