Semester 1 Review (NC3, U1-2)

Geography

• An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries

• The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere

• A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country

Match the following

• Longitude

• The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich

• Latitude

• The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator

• Prime Meridian

• The earth's zero of longitude, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England

• Equator

• An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles

An hemisphere can be northern or southern or it can be western or eastern

• True

• False

Match the following

• Large body of freshwater

• River

• Small body of still freshwater

• Pond

• Smaller body of saltwater

• Lake

• a large natural stream of water flowing

• Sea

• Large body of saltwater

• Ocean

What is the difference between fresh water and salt water?

A broad part of the sea where the land curves inward is a​​ (a)  

• estuary
• stream
• gulf
• bay

​ A (a)   is a deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth.

• gulf
• estuary
• bay
• stream

The mouth of a large river is called ​ (a)  

• Gulf
• Stream
• Estuary

Beach

• a piece of land surrounded by water.

• a deep abyss, typically one with a river flowing through it.

• a strip of land covered with sand, pebbles, or small stones at the edge of a body of water

Desert

• a strip of land covered with sand, pebbles, or small stones at the edge of a body of water

• a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level

•  dry area of land, especially one covered with sand, that is desolate, without water, and without vegetation.