regions and maps
Terms
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- model
- a samll copy of the real thing
- globe
- comes in diffreent sizes and is a model of earth
- atlas
- a collection of maps
- sphere
- a round-like ball
- continents
- seven total, large land masses
- oceans
- largest area of water on earth - there are 4 oceans
- pie graph
- is used to show parts of a whole
- cardinal directions
- four main directions: east , south, north west
- North Pole
- north most palce on Earth
- South pole
- south most place on Earth
- compass rose
- arrows where it shows 4 main directions or the cardinal directions
- intermediate directions
- nort west, north east, southwest, southeast
- boundary
- a line that separates one state from another
- Equator
- an imaginary line that goes across the middle or largest bullge of the Earth
- lattitude
- distances between the north and south poles
- hemisphere
- two equal halves of the Earth
- longitude
- lines that crose the Equator
- prime meridian
- number 0 on an map or globe
- grid
- lines that form a box on a map
- symbol
- to show where things are on a map
- key
- part of a map that shows what the symbols represent or mean
- legend
- same thing as a key
- scale
- the places and distances on a map only in a smaller version
- sea level
- surface of the sea
- elevation
- the heigth of land
- contour line
- different colors and squiggly lines that show that separate the different levels of rainfal or depths of water
- relief map
- different colors and bumps that show water, mountains and terrain of a place