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Question | Answer |
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Continent | largest landmass, there are seven |
Mountain | a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft |
Peninsula | a piece of land that juts out with water on three sides |
Lake | a body of water completely surrounded by land |
Island | a piece of land completely surrounded by water |
River | narrow strip of flowing water |
Ocean | largest body of water, salt |
Atlas | a book of maps |
Scale | shows what distances on the map are equal to in reality on earth |
Key/Legend | part of the map that explains its symbols |
Direction | the point along which something faces or a line along which it moves |
Political Map | map that shows man-made features |
Physical Map | map that shows natural features (land and water forms) |
Special Purpose Map | map that shows one particular topic or subject |
Climate | the average temperature and precipitation for a place over the course of a year+ |
Natural Vegetation | the typical plant life that grows natuarally in a given climate zone |
Time Zone | division on the globe of 15 degrees, each representing a different hour of the day |
Rotation | the earth's movement around its axis (24 hours) |
Revolution | the earth's movement around the sun (365 1/4 days) |
Latitude | horizontal lines that measure the distance North and South of the Equator |
Longitude | vertical lines that measure the distance East and West of the Prime Meridian |