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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A picture on a map showing the cardinal direction | Compass Rose |
| The difference between the distance in real life | Scale |
| A marking that represents something | Symbol |
| Something that decodes a figure | Key |
| A person that makes maps | Cartographer |
| A series of horizontal and vertical lines | Grid |
| Estimation of a unknown value | Interpolation |
| Measures the distance north and south of the equator | Latitude |
| Distance from east to west from the prime meridian | Longitude |
| Lines Extending in the same direction that never intersects and goes on forever. | Parallel |
| Great circle of earth’s passing | Meridian |
| Twisting out of shape | Distortion |
| Shortest distance from 2 points on a round surface | Great Circle |
| Drawing the round earth on a flat surface | Physical Map |
| A cliff, slope or drop off into the sea | Fjord |
| A part of the sea partially enclosed by land | Gulf |
| Wide inlet of the sea or lake | Bay |
| The continuous body of salt water | Sea |
| The bed of a running stream or river | Channel |
| A stream that flows | Stream |
| Narrow waterway | Strait |
| A natural stream of water | River |
| Protected inlet of the sea | Harbor |
| End of a river | mouth |
| A spring that is a starting point of a stream | Source |
| An artificial waterway | Canal |
| Large, moving mass of ice | Glacier |
| Going against the current toward the source | Upstream |
| In the direction of the current stream toward the mouth | Downstream |