Geography Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Smaller maps set inside the border of a larger map
  2. 6. influences climate and acts like a conveyor belt to regulate the Earth's temperature
  3. 8. a type of major climate zone that includes the subcategories of desert and steppe
  4. 10. northeast northwest southeast southwest
  5. 12. meridian, An imaginary line that runs from the North to South Pole at 0 degrees longitude
  6. 14. The imaginary circle around the earth, parallel to the equator, at latitude ≅ 66°S
  7. 17. a type of major climate zone that has long cold winters short summers and little to no plant life
  8. 19. Symbol on a map that uses directional arrows to show the cardinal and intermediate directions
  9. 22. the biome with the most biodiversity
  10. 23. The feature of a map that describes what the map is showing.
  11. 24. influences climate and is related to air pressure
  12. 25. The imaginary circle around the earth, parallel to the equator, at latitude ≅ 66°N
  13. 26. Units of latitude or longitude measurement
  14. 28. A feature of a map that compares distances on the map to actual distances
  15. 30. large slabs of the lithosphere
Down
  1. 1. a plate boundary type where the plates collide
  2. 2. The latitude and longitude coordinates that show absolute location of a place on a map or globe
  3. 4. The feature of a map that explains the symbols, colors and lines used on the map
  4. 5. influences climate and causes rain shadow
  5. 7. Imaginary line that runs horizontally around the center of the Earth, halfway between the North and South Poles 0 degrees latitude
  6. 9. the biome we live in!
  7. 11. An imaginary latitude line located below the equator that runs across the globe at about 23 degrees south
  8. 13. Imaginary lines on the Earth that run between the North and South Poles
  9. 15. An imaginary latitude line located above the equator that runs across the globe at about 23 degrees north
  10. 16. a plate boundary type where the plates move away from each other
  11. 18. Forest, the land biome with the most biodiversity
  12. 20. Imaginary lines that run around the Earth parallel to the equator
  13. 21. Half of the Earth. Earth is divided into North and South hemispheres, as well as East and West hemispheres
  14. 27. north south east west
  15. 29. a plate boundary type where the plates slide past each other