Transcript Our Earth 1st Quarter Vocabulary Review

Our Earth
1st Quarter
Vocabulary Review
1. Using latitude and longitude, the
exact spot on the Earth where a place
is found.
absolute location
2. One half of the globe
hemisphere
3. Point on compass rose-NE,NW,SE,SW
Intermediate direction
4. Imaginary lines that run
east to west around the globe;
parallels
latitude
5. Imaginary lines that run
north and south; meridians
longitude
6. The change of shape, size
or position of a place when it
is shown on a map.
Africa is really 13.94 times the size of
Greenland—but you can't tell from this map!
Distortion
7. The box on a map that
explains the meaning of the
symbols used on the map.
Legend (or key)
8. A body of land surrounded
by water on three sides
peninsula
9. A stream or river that leads
into a larger river.
tributary
10. A narrow strip of water
connecting two large bodies of
water.
strait
11. A way of representing the
spherical Earth on a flat
surface.
Map projection
12. Earth's orbit around the
Sun in 365 ¼ days
( oh, ok...365 days, 5 hours 59 minutes and 16
seconds...according to NASA)
www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Revolve.html
Revolution
13.The Earth's complete spin
on its axis
(One complete ________ actually takes
hours, 56 minutes and 4.1 seconds)
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Rotation
14. The imaginary line of
longitude at 180°--where the
day begins.
International Date Line
15. Ellicott City, MD is located
at 39º N, 76° W
( the bold, underline numbers are:____)
Coordinates
16. The imaginary line at 23.5°
N of the Equator.
Tropic of Cancer
17. A series or chain of
islands.
archipelago
18. The imaginary line at 23.5°
S of the Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
19. A triangular area of land
formed from deposits at the
end of a river.
delta
* 21 A pointed piece of land
extending into an ocean or
lake.
cape
*22 The location of one place
in relation to other places.
relative location
*23 Imaginary line at 0º
latitude
equator
* 24 Imaginary line at 0º
longitude
Someone painted a line on the ground in Greenwich,
England. These kids have one foot in the Western
Hemisphere and one foot in the Eastern hemisphere.
Prime Meridian
*25 Part of an ocean partially
enclosed by land
Gulf (or bay)
*26 A narrow strip of land
connecting two larger
landmasses.
isthmus
*27 Where a river begins
Lake Tana--the beginning of the Blue Nile River
river source
28. A map that shows information
on a particular topic.
(Try to guess what information this map is showing)
Thematic map
This map shows the locations of Chik-fil-a
restaurants as of March 2013!
New York = 1 ?
Texas = 270 ?
Yep!
29. The percentage of people
in a given place that can read
and write.
Literacy rate
30. The place where a river
flows into a lake or ocean.
river mouth
31. The average age to which
a person in a given population
can expect to live.
Life Expectancy
32. An area defined by one or
more natural or cultural
characteristics that set it apart
from other areas.
Region
33. The number of infants, out of
every 1,000 babies born in a
particular year, who die before
reaching age 1.
• Infant mortality
34. The average number of
people who live in a square
mile/km. This measures how
crowded an area is.
(One dot = 7500 people)
Population density