Geography Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Atlas | Book of maps |
| Political Maps | Maps that show boundaries of states and nations as well as cities and towns |
| Physical Maps | maps that show natural features of the Earth |
| Latitude | Imaginary horizontal lines that are parallel to the equator |
| Longitude | Lines that are imaginary, meet at the poles and run at right angles to the equator. |
| Coordinates | The numbers of latitudes and longitudes that describe the exact location of a specific place. |
| Degrees | A unit measuring angles. Longitude and latitude are measured in this way. |
| Compass | A map for orientation that is used to find direction |
| Cardinal Directions | The four main directions in North, South, East, and West |
| Intermediate Directions | Directions located in between Cardinal Directions |
| Time Zones | 24 15 degree sections of the earth divided into separate times based on the rotation of the earth around the sun |
| Equator | The imaginary line of 0 degrees latitude that splits the earth in to two equal halves (N and S hemispheres) |
| Tropic of Cancer | The line of 23.5 degrees N latitude that marks the tropic region's northern boundary |
| Topic of Capricorn | The 23.5 degree S line that marks the tropic region's southern boundary |
| Prime Meridian | The line that passes vertically from the North to the South Pole that is 0 degrees in Greenwich, England |
| International Date Line | The line of 180 degrees longitude opposite the prime meridian where days change |
| Arctic Circle | The 66.5 degree N line marks the Northern polar region's boundary |
| Antarctic Circle | The 66.5 degree S line that marks the Southern polar region's boundary |
| Polar Regions | Regions around the poles with severe conditions of cold and ice but little moisture |
| Tropical Region | The hot and wet region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn |
| Temperate Region | Area that lacks extremes in moisture and temperatures that is between the tropics and poles |
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