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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.
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1. Using latitude and longitude, the exact spot on the Earth where a place is found.
4. Imaginary lines that run east to west around the globe; parallels
10. A narrow strip of water connecting two large bodies of water.
11. On a map, these may stand for capital cities, natural resources, airports, etc.
16. A broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land.
19. A triangular area of land formed from deposits at the end of a river.
20. A large flat area of land that usually doesn’t have any trees.
* 21 A pointed piece of land extending into an ocean or lake.
* 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.