The distance of a place east or west of the prime meridian
longitude
What is telescopes?
Instrument with lenses and mirrors used for looking at stars and planets/
What is precipitation?
The deposit of rain, hail, snow, sleet or mist on the earth.
What is an Observatory?
A place that has instruments for looking at stars and planets.
What is North America
One of 7 continents; surrounded by Alaska on the northwest, Greenland on the north east, Florida on the southeast, and Mexico on the southwest.
A starting point used to describe location
reference point
The number of people living in an area.
Population
Species
groups f plants or animals that are alike in many ways.
What is latitude?
The distance of a lace north or south of the equator.
The invisible line that runs from east to west through the center of earth,
equator
The invisible line that runs from north to south through the center of Earth.
prime meridian
The relationship between distance on a map and the actual distance
scale
What is climate?
The average condition of weather over a period of years.
a large chunk of stone or metal that has fallen from outer space.
meteorite
What is a mormon?
A person who belongs to a religious group that was started in 1830 by Joseph Smith.
A list of symbols that give information about a map.
legend
What is a preserve?
Protect from injury or ruin so more can be learned.
Missionary
A person sent to spread a religious faith.