Third Grade Physical Geography Review

How is a globe DIFFERENT from a map?

• It shows an aerial view

• It is flat

• It shows the true shapes of continents

Lines of longitude run

• North to South

• East to West

Lines of latitude run

• North to South

• East to West

Lines of Longitude and Latitude

• form a grid system to help us find the precise location of a place

• are scattered on the globe randomly

The Equator is a line of

• longitude

• latitude

The Prime Meridian is a line of

• longitude

• latitude

Erosion is

• a quick flow of water

• a slow physical process that changes the Earth

• irrigates crops

A chain of mountains is a

• valley

• plateau

• mountain range

• border

Natural resources found underground are

• minerals

• a hemisphere

• the equator

A line that shows where a state or country ends is called a

• hemisphere

• valley

• mountain range

• border