Vocabulary 1.2 Review

natural features of the earth like mountains, valleys, and plains

• landform

• climate

• region

• hemisphere

the weather of a region over a long period of time

• region

• border

• continent

• climate

a line separating two political regions such as countries or states.

• region

• border

• gulf

• elevation

the study of the earth and how its resources are used

• elevation

• gulf

• geography

• bay

a large area of land that has  similar landforms and/or cultures

• geography

• hemisphere

• region

• bay

the height of land above or below sea level

• valley

• elevation

• sea level

• bay

half of a sphere

• continent

• globe

• hemisphere

• gulf

the largest land masses on earth

• ocean

• bay

• gulf

• continent

an inlet of the sea where land curves around

• inlet

• bay

• ocean

• gulf

a deep inlet of the sea much larger than a bay

• gulf

• swimming pool

• ocean

• fjord