Geography-5 Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
Archipelago	A group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean
Climate	Local weather conditions of an area like temperature, precipitation, humidity, sunshine, wind and other conditions
Environment	The geographic characteristics that surround and affect the way people live
Forest	An area where coniferous and deciduous trees are the most dominant plant
Deciduous Trees	These trees lose their leaves in the fall
Coniferous Tree	Includes trees that have pinecones such as fir and spruce
Geography	the natural environment of a place. It includes its physical features (landforms, bodies of water,) weather, climate, vegetation and animal life.
grasslands	flat or tolling areas of land covered with grasses. Called prairies in North America and pampas in South America
Gulf	A large body of water that cuts deep into the land
Hemisphere	Half of the globe of half of the earth (northern, southern, eastern, western,
Isthmus	A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses. An isthmus has water on two sides
latitude/longitude	Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance north and south of the Equator and west of the Prime Meridan
Mesoamerica	Southern part of North America extending from Mexico to northwestern Columbia
Mountain	A landform that is very high and steep. They are usually wide at the bottom and rise to a narrow peak or ridge.
North America	Continent compromising of Greenland, United States, and Canada
Ocean	A large body of saltwater
Physical Map	A map that shows landforms
Plains	Large area of flat lands
Plateau	High, flat, land
Political Map	A map that shows location and borders of countries and communities.
Prime Meridian	The line of longitude form the South Pole to the North Pole measured in degrees. It divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Rain Forest	A dense, either tropical or temperate forest that receives lots of rain year round.
Region	A broad geographic area
South America	The entire Western Hemisphere continent south of Mesoamerica
Tropics	The area on the earth between the 23 1/2 degrees N and 23 1/2 degrees S lines of latitude where the climate is always hot.
Tundra	A cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year; vast treeless plain where the subsoil is always frozen.
Vegetation	All the plant life found in an area
Equator	An imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point (halfway between the North and South poles), dividing the Earth into tow halves.

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