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Representations of the Earth

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