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Canopy
• The layer formed by the uppermost
branches of the rain forest
Cardinal Direction
• North, East, South, West
Compass Rose
• An instrument for determining directions,
as by means of a freely rotating
magnetized needle that indicates
magnetic north.
Coniferous Trees
• Trees that produce cones to carry seeds.
Core
• The ball of very hot metal at the center of
earth.
Crust
• The thin layer of rocks and minerals that
surrounds Earth’s mantle.
Deciduous Trees
• Trees that lose their leaves in the fall.
Desert scrub
• Desert vegetation that needs little water.
Erosion
• The process by which the surface of the
earth is worn away by the action of
water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
Equator
• The line of latitude around the
middle of the globe.
Hemisphere
• It is one half of earth.
Key
• The section of a map that explains the
symbols and shading on the map.
Latitude
• The angular distance north or south from the equator of
a point on the earth's surface Geography. angular
distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured
by the angle contained between the meridian of a
particular place and some prime meridian, as that of
Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or
by some corresponding difference in time., measured on
the meridian of the point.
Longitude
• The angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the
earth's surface Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's
surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a
particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England,
and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in
time., measured on the meridian of the point.
Magma
• Soft nearly molten rock.
Mantle
• The thick, rocky layer around Earth’s
core.
Plate
• In geography a huge section of the earths
crust.
Prime Meridian
• The meridian that runs through
Greenwich England.
Savanna
• A park like landscape of grassland with
scattered trees that can survive dry spells
• Relative size.
Scale
Volcano
• A vent in the earth's crust through which
lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled,
either continuously or at irregular
intervals.
Tropical Cyclone
• An intense wind and rain storm that
forms over oceans in the
Tundra
• A treeless area between the icecap and the
tree line of Arctic regions, having a
permanently frozen subsoil and
supporting low-growing vegetation such
as lichens, mosses, and stunted shrubs.
Weathering
• A process that breaks rocks down into
tiny pieces.
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