Geography Vocab

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Longitude measures North-South, runs vertical.

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Measures North to South and runs Vertical.

Front

Line running East to West is called...

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Latitude

Front

Representation of land/sea showing features (cities, roads, etc.)

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Map

Front

Map scale represents:

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Relationship between map distance and ground distance.

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State of the atmosphere: temperature, pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, cloud cover.

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Climate

Front

3D model of Earth or round body

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Globe

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Hemisphere

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A half of the earth

Front

The Red line is...

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Equator

Front

The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line that runs from the north pole to the south pole.

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Imaginary line from north pole to south pole.

Front

Weather patterns over time?

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Climate