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thinking like a geographer vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a book with maps | atlas |
| height above sea level | elevation |
| study of the earth and people | geography |
| latitude line 66 1/2 degrees north | arctic circle |
| latitude line 66 1/2 degrees south | antarctic circle |
| map that shows specific info like climate or population | thematic map |
| measures distacne on maps | scale bar |
| north, south, east, west | cardinal directions |
| distance between two places in real life and on a map | map scale |
| half of the earth | hemisphere |
| the main line of latitude | equater |
| circle shaped graph shows whole divide | circle graph |
| a ball that looks like the earth | globe |
| as much people in one place | population |
| a graph that compares info | bar graph |
| a way to show cities, capitals, mountians etc.. | map key |
| a way to show direction on a map | compass rose |
| type of weather | climate |
| body of water that extends to the shoreline | bay |
| moving streams on the water | currents |
| a land or place | land form |
| part of the body of water that is biger than a bay | harber |
| violent tropical storm with high wind and heavy rain fall | hurricane |
| a land surrounded by a body of water | island |
| small onland body of water | lake |
| cold climate with high elevation like a mountain | high land climate |
| warm and rainy | tropical climate |
| movments in air | wind |
| caused by the combination of temperture wind and water | El Nino |
| eastern winds become strong and the opposite of el nino | La Nina |
| dry like areas with little of rain cold temperture to hot fast | dry climate |
| funnel shaped deadly wind storm that could happen in a bad storm | tornado |
| tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn | tropics |
| huge land that goes high up | mountain |
| a series of mountains touching | mountain range |
| seasonal wind that blows over a continent for a long period of time | monsoon |
| unpredictable changes in the air that can take place in a long or short period of time | weather |
| body of land into a lake or ocean surrounded by three sides of water | piniinsula |
| area of low land at low elevation covered with grass | plain |
| flat or rolling land at high elevation usually 3oo-3,ooo ft. | plateau |
| place with natuarl occurring like landforms, climate, and resources | physical feature |
| large natural stream of water that runs through land | river |
| large body of water like ocean | sea |
| narrow stretch of water joining two large bodies of water | strait |
| one of the four major bodies of salt water | ocean |
| mountian created as liquad rock and ash comes from the center of earth and erups | volcano |
| area of lowland between hills and mountains | valley |
| lines that run through the north and south on the globe or map | longitude |
| when latitude and longitude lines cross each other | grid system |
| shows climate or weather patterns in a specific place | climograph |
| makes comparisonusing symbols or pictures | pictographs |
| how far and in what direction one place is to another | relative location |
| a map showing people and made boundaries | political map |
| a map that shows elevation | physical map |
| wide strait or water way betwee two land masses that lie close to each other | channel |
| long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage | drought |
| hight above sea level | elevation |
| average amount of people per square mile | population density |
| a graphic way to presenting info in an orginized way | chart |
| name for a hurricane in asia | typhoon |
| part of a large body of water that exstends inland larger than a bay | gulf |
| temperture climate extend from 231/2degrees north to 60 degrees north and from 23 1/2 degrees south to 60 degrees south | mid-latitude cliamte |
| the exact position of a place on earth | absolute location |
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averyrieger
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