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A specific pairing of latitude and longitude on a coordinate grid.
Absolute Location
An object showing the principal directions printed on a map or char
Compass Rose
An angular distance north or south of the Earth’s equator
Latitude
A system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographic data.
Geographic Information System
An angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
Longitude
The ratio between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the surface of the Earth
Scale
A circle on a sphere whose plane passes through the center. Represents the shortest distance between two points on a map.
Great Circle
A point on the earth in relation to another point or place
relative Location
Lines of latitude and longitude that form an imaginary grid over Earth’s surface
Grid system
A navigation system that allows people to determine their exact location anywhere in the world.
Global Positioning System
A map that depicts land configuration, including elevation
Relief
Which of the following is an example of a cylindrical projection?
Mercator
A piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water, but connected to the mainland
Peninsula
The temperature at which water vapor condenses
Dew Point
The leading edge of an air mass
Front
The laying down of sediments in a new location.
Deposition
The temperature, cloud conditions, amount of precipitation, etc., on a daily basis.
Weather
Fragments of rock or soil
Sediment
The breakdown of Earth’s crust into smaller pieces
Weathering
The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil
Erosion
Patterns of weather conditions over a period of time
Climate
Pieces of land which float on an travel over the Earth’s mantle
Tectonic Plates
A flat area next to a river, formed by river sediments and subject to flooding
Floodplain
A fan shaped area where a river meets a larger body of water. Land builds up from river sediments.
Delta
