Geography Terms

4. A way to measure the distance of North and South of the equator using degrees. Angles are determined by the 180 imaginary lines parallel to the equator.
5. A small area of land that is fully surrounded by water.
7. The opening of Earth's crust created from tectonic plates moving under one another. Lava, volcanic ashes, and gases are emitted from volcanoes.
9. An imaginary line that separates Earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere.
11. A large landmass of ice that form on the ocean.
12. Imaginary lines around the Earth that are parallel to the prime meridian. These lines measure the angles of longitude.
14. A point of land that extends into a large body of water.
15. A piece of land that is surrounded to a larger piece of land and is surrounded by water on the other sides.
16. Regions of Earth that have different time standards, depending on the zones.

1. An imaginary line that separates Earth into the Western and Eastern hemisphere. The Prime Meridian marks 0 degrees longitude.
2. The amount of moisture in the air which is affected by the amount of water vapors in the air.
3. The art of graphing places using maps, and creating maps.
6. The seven massive landmasses in the world which include North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Antarctica.
8. A way to measure the distance West and East from the Prime Meridian, which is an imaginary line that splits the world into the Western hemisphere and Eastern hemisphere. Angles are determined by 180 lines parallel to the Prime Meridian.
10. A waterway between two pieces of land that connects larger bodies of water.
13. Imaginary lines that go around the Earth that are parallel to the equator. These lines determine the angles for latitude.