Jeopardy
GeographyTest
Preparation
Water Terms
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Land Terms
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Geography terms
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Geography terms 2
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One of the four large bodies of water
(100)
Ocean
A body of salt water surrounded by land
(200)
Sea
Fresh water (normally)
surrounded by land (300)
Lake
A narrow inlet of the sea carved out by a
glacier(400)
FjordFiord
Sea water that is separating one or
more islands from the mainland
(500)
Sound
One of the seven large bodies of land
(100)
Continent
Land completely surrounded by water
(200)
Island
Land that is surrounded by water
on 3 sides(300)
Peninsula
A narrow point of land sticking out into
a body of water, usually it is made out
of sand(400)
Spit
A narrow strip of land that connects two
larger bodies of land(500)
Isthmus
An Imaginary line that separates the
northern and southern
hemispheres (100)
Equator
An imaginary line that separates the Eastern
and Western hemispheres
(200)
Prime Meridian/International
Dateline
An imaginary line that is 23 ½ degrees
north latitude(300)
The Tropic of Cancer
The angular distance north or south of the equator, measured
in degrees, is called (400)
Latitude
The angular distance east or west of the prime meridian is
called(500)
Longitude
The half of the earth above the equator
(100)
Northern Hemisphere
The half of the earth below the equator
(200)
Southern Hemisphere
Half of the earth going from the Prime Meridian to the International dateline traveling west
(300)
Western Hemisphere
Half of the earth going from the Prime Meridian to the International dateline traveling east
(400)
Eastern Hemisphere
90 degrees south latitude; one of the seven continents
(500)
Antarctica/South Pole
Water evaporates from the oceans, condenses, travels over land, cools
and releases moisture in the form of rain, sleet,
or snow. (100)
Water Cycle
90 degrees north latitude; water frozen into a giant ice
cap
(200)
North Pole
A narrow stretch of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
(300)
Strait
Ocean or seawater surrounded by land on 3
sides, with a wide opening to the sea
(400)
Gulf/Bay
Land deposited at the mouth of a
river
(500)
Delta
Why do we have night and day on the earth?
(100)
The Earth rotates every 24 hours.
Why do we have years?(200)
The earth revolves around the sun. It takes 365 ¼ to complete this process.
Why do we have seasons?(300)
1. The earth is tilted at 23 ½ & it Revolves around the sun.
Why do we have months?
(400)
It takes about 28 days for the moon to revolve around the
earth.
Explain how a solar eclipse takes place?
Explain how a lunar eclipse takes place?
(500)