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Representations of the Earth

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  • The Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Madre, and the Andes are in:
    Africa
    Europe
    America
    Asia
  • The Kilimanjaro is in:
    Europe
    Africa
    Asia
    America
  • The Equator divides the Earth into two parts:
    Parallels and meridians
    Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
    Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
    Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Maps show the world on a:
    Larger scale
    Scale
    Parallels
    Smaller scale
  • It is the distance between any point on Earth and the Equator.
    Latitude
    Longitude
    Geographical coordinates
    North or South
  • The rivers Volga, Danube, and Rhine are in:
    Asia
    America
    Europe
    Africa
  • The Amazon river is in:
    America
    Europe
    Asia
    Africa
  • They are imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator
    Meridians
    Parallels
    Longitude
    Geographical coordinates
  • It is the distance between any point on Earth and the Greenwich Meridian.
    North or South
    Longitude
    Latitude
    Geographical coordinates
  • The Ural Mountains are in:
    America
    Asia
    Europe
    Africa
  • Parallels are measured in degrees from the Equator at 0* to 90*
    Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
    Parallels and meridians
    North or South
    Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
  • Parallels are imaginary lines that circle the Earth, parallel to the:
    Equator
    Geographical coordinates
    Latitude
    Longitude
  • The lakes Victoria and Tanganyika are in:
    America
    Europe
    Africa
    Asia
  • The Great Plains are in:
    Asia
    Africa
    America
    Europe
  • They are imaginary lines that run from pole to pole.
    Meridians
    Parallels
    Geographical coordinates
    Longitude
  • The Great Victoria Desert and the Great Dividing Range are in:
    Europe
    Oceania
    Africa
    Asia
  • It tells you the real size of a territory, compared to the size on the map.
    Smaller scale
    Scale
    Maps
    Parallels
  • The lake Caspian Sea is in:
    America
    Africa
    Europe
    Asia
  • The Nile is in:
    Asia
    Africa
    Europe
    America
  • Mount Elbrus is in:
    Europe
    America
    Africa
    Asia
  • Meridians are measured in degrees from the Prime Meridian at 0* to180*
    Longitude
    East or West
    Geographical coordinates
    North or South
  • It is a spherical model of the Earth.
    Parallels
    Globe
    Scale
    Maps
  • The Tibetan Plateau is in:
    Europe
    Asia
    Africa
    America
  • The Himalayans are in:
    Africa
    Asia
    America
    Europe
  • Mount Vinson is in:
    Antarctica
    Asia
    Europe
    Africa
  • Mount Everest is in:
    Europe
    Asia
    Africa
    America
  • They are flat representations of the Earth.
    Maps
    Scale
    Globe
    Parallels
  • This Meridian divides the Earth into two parts: Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
    Meridians
    Longitude
    Geographical coordinates
    The Greenwich Meridian
  • The rivers Yangtze, Obi, and Huang Ho are in:
    Africa
    America
    Asia
    Europe
  • The Sahara Desert is in:
    America
    Europe
    Asia
    Africa
  • The point where latitude and longitude cross gives us a place's
    parallels
    meridians
    latitude
    geographical coordinates
  • Mount Cook is in:
    Oceania
    Asia
    Europe
    Africa
  • They are imaginary lines we put on maps and globes. They help us find the exact location of any place on Earth.
    Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
    Parallels and meridians
    Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
    Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn