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Unit 3 Vocabulary

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  • A large body of land. There are seven of these on earth.
    Continent
  • A big flat area.
    Plain
  • A useful part of something. For example, a waterfall is a useful part of the rainforest.
    Feature
  • To find where something is.
    Locate
  • A very large area of water between continents.
    Ocean
  • To picture something in your mind.
    Imagine
  • Something we can see and touch.
    Physical
  • A line we can't see that seperates the hemispheres.
    Equator
  • How high an area of land is. Mount Everest has a high ________.
    elevation
  • A low area between hills, often with a river running through it. A type of landform.
    Valley
  • A 2D drawing of the earth's surface.
    Map
  • What is the natural shape of a piece of land?
    Landform
  • A deep cut in the earth made by water.
    Canyon
  • An area of flat, high ground.
    Plateau
  • One half of the earth.
    hemisphere
  • The top or outer layer of something.
    Surface
  • To give someone an idea.
    Suggest
  • To carry or move something.
    Transport
  • An area of land inside a country. Bigger than a city.
    Region
  • A nation with land and people.
    Country
  • A person that lives somewhere.
    Inhabitant.
  • An edge or an outline. Countries have an outline around them.
    Border
  • A group of things in an order. For example, many mountains make a mountain ______.
    range
  • A ball, or 3D shape, with a map of the earth.
    globe