Vocab Flashcards

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Map

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A representation usually on a flat surface of the whole part an area

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Mountains

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High, rough land areas

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Plains

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Low, flat land areas

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4
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Cardinal directions

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North east south west

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5
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Intermediate directions

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Northeast northwest southeast southwest

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6
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Globe

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A spherical representation of earth

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Sphere

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A 3 dimensional shape the shape of the earth

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Continents

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Africa, Asia, Europe, Antartica, North America, South America

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Oceans

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Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, southern Ocean

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10
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Equator

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The imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and Southern Hemispheres

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Prime meridian

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The imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole;divides the earth into eastern and Western Hemisphere

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12
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Distort

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To twist or turn out of original shape or size

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13
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Rotation

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One complete turn on, the axis;the earth does this once in 24 hours

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14
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Revolution

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The spinning of the earth around the sun;takes 1year to complete

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15
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Hemisphere

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Half of a sphere (globe);the earth has 4 of them

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