The Geography of WV vocabulary

Match the following

• measures distance north and south

• latitude

• the study of Earth as home to humans

• absolute location

• precise location

• equator

• line halfway around the globe

• relative location

• where a place is compared to another

• geography

Match the following

• average weather over a long time period

• panhandle

• day to day changes in atmosphere

• prime meridian (PM)

• narrow strip of a larger territory

• weather

• measures distance east/west of PM

• climate

• starting place for measuring longitude

• longitude

Match the following

• physical factors such as mountians

• drought

• prolonged period of dry weather

• elevation

• height of land above sea level

• topography

• rain, sleet, snow, of hail

• precipitation

Match the following

• something that does not exist

• tributary

• strip mining

• erosion

• small stream that drains in a larger one

• surface mining

• gradual wearing down of land or rock

• extinct