The study of the Earth and its physical features

Why have geographers named five oceans on Earth?

Gave different names to sections of water separated by land

Why do maps need a map scale?

to show how far away a place is in real life

The largest areas of land on Earth

change in shape and size of an object

A model of the Earth shaped like a sphere

The areas at the top and bottom of the globe,north and south

the largest areas of water on Earth

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1
What is Geography?
the largest area of land on Earth
The study of the Earth and its physical features
a flat model of the Earth
a map scale that uses words
2
The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into
Eastern and Western parts
Northern and Southern parts
3
Why have geographers named five oceans on Earth?
Gave different names to sections of water separated by land
There were five geographers who discovered oceans
Five was the favorite number of the geographer
There are five separate sections of water
4
What are the advantages of a map?
can show more details
all of the above
can show part of the Earth
flat and easy to carry
5
What continent is the United States a part of?
Europe
North America
Australia
South America
6
What do you call this type of map scale?
inch scale
linear scale
word scale
miles scale
7
Why do maps need a map scale?
to show how tall a building is in real life
to show how big the map is
to show how far away a place is in real life
to show how much the map weighs
8
Which type of map shows the borders between countries?
Political
Population
Physical
Elevation
9
What is the largest continent on Earth?
Asia
Australia
Antartica
Africa
10
What is a continent?
The largest areas of land on Earth
The largest areas of water on Earth
Imaginary line that divides the Earth into north and south
New York State
11
What are the advantages of a Globe?
all of the above
shows the whole Earth
no distortion
same shape as Earth
12
How many continents are there?
7
5
9
10
13
Which type of map shows where mountains and plains are located?
Physical
Elevation
Population
Political
14
What is distortion?
pictures on a map that represent something in the real world
change in shape and size of an object
north, south, east, west
15
The equator is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into...
northern and southern parts
eastern and western parts
16
What is the smallest continent on Earth?
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
Asia
17
How many oceans are there?
9
5
7
10
18
What is a globe?
a rectangular model of the Earth
A model of the Earth shaped like a sphere
A square model of the Earth
A flat model of the Earth
19
What are poles?
change in shape or size of an object
The areas at the top and bottom of the globe,north and south
the imaginary line that divides the Earth into East and West
the imaginary line that divides the Earth in north and south
20
What is an ocean?
a flat model of the Earth
the largest areas of water on Earth
half of a sphere
the largest areas of land on Earth
21
Which type of map shows the height of the land?
Political
Physical
Population
Elevation

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