Vocab

Question 1

Map

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Mountain

Answer 2

High, rough land areas.

Question 3

Plains

Answer 3

Low, flat land areas.

Question 4

Cardinal directions

Answer 4

North,south, east,and west.

Question 5

Intermediate directions

Answer 5

Northeast,Northwest, Southeast, Southwest.

Question 6

Globe

Answer 6

A spherical representation of earth.

Question 7

Equator

Answer 7

The imaginary line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

Question 8

Prime meridian

Answer 8

The imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole;
Divides the earth into Eastern and Western Hemisphere.

Question 9

Distort

Answer 9

To twist or turn out of original size or shape.

Question 10

Oceans

Answer 10

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean,Indian Ocean,Arctic Ocean, and Southern Ocean.

Question 11

Sphere

Answer 11

A three dimensional shape of the earth.

Question 12

Continents

Answer 12

Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, North America, South America, Australia.

Question 13

Rotation

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Revolution

Answer 14

The spinning of earth around the sun; takes 1 year to complete (365 days).

Question 15

Hemisphere

Answer 15

Half of a (globe); the Earth has 4 of them.