maps and globes
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Maps and globes
¡Oh yay!By: Bella Istre
9 parts of a map• Lines of latitude • Lines of longitude • Labels • Compass rose • Scale • Title • Legend • Symbols • colors
Elements that add texture to a map
• Elevation-level of a point of Earth's surface • Relief-the difference in height between different points of elevation on a
landform • Landform-is a feature of topography • Plain-a flat landform • Mountain-a landform with high elevation and high relief • Mountain range-group of mountains close in shape • Plateau- a landform with high elevation more or less the high relief • Landform region-area of land where topography is made up of this type of land
ONE THING YOU SHOULD REALLY KNOW
•Topography-the shape of a piece of land
• MAPS AND GLOBES ARE DRAWN TO SCALE AND USE SYMBOLS TO REPRESENT FEATURES OF EARTH
• DISTANCES ON EARTH ARE MEASURED IN DEGREES FROM EQUATOR AND PRIME MERIDIAN
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• FIN.
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