Glossary

1. Glossary

2. climate the weather conditions of a particular place or region over the four seasons of the year

3. compass rose a symbol that shows the directions - north, south, east, and west

4. desert a dry, sandy area, with few plants and little rainfall

5. environment climate, vegetation, and animals in an area

6. equator an imaginary horizontal line that goes around the middle of the earth

7. geography the study of the earth and its people

8. globe a model of the Earth

9. hill a rounded piece of earth that rises above the land but is smaller than a mountain

10. island a piece of land that has water all around it

11. key/legend tells what they symbols on the map stand for

12. lake a body of salt or fresh water that is surrounded by land

13. landform a natural area that is part of the earth's surface

14. map drawing or picture showing an area or where places are located; a bird’s eye view of an area

15. mountain a large piece of earth or rock rising out of the land

16. ocean salt water that covers a lot of the earth

17. plains low, flat areas, usually with few trees

18. river flow of water that goes to an ocean or lake

19. symbol something that represents something else

20. valley area of low land with mountains or hills on either side, often having a river or stream along the bottom

21. vegetation the plant life of a region