Jeopardy Geography Test Preparation

Water Terms 1 Land Terms 2 Geography terms 3 Geography terms 2 4 Water 2 5 Earth Forces

One of the four large bodies of water (100)

Ocean

A body of salt water surrounded by land (200)

Sea

Fresh water (normally) surrounded by land (300)

Lake

A narrow inlet of the sea carved out by a glacier (400)

Fjord Fiord

Sea water that is separating one or more islands from the mainland (500)

Sound

One of the seven large bodies of land (100)

Continent

Land completely surrounded by water (200)

Island

Land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides (300)

Peninsula

A narrow point of land sticking out into a body of water, usually it is made out of sand (400)

Spit

A narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land (500)

Isthmus

An Imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres (100)

Equator

An imaginary line that separates the Eastern and Western hemispheres (200)

Prime Meridian/International Dateline

An imaginary line that is 23 ½ degrees north latitude (300)

The Tropic of Cancer

The angular distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees, is called (400)

Latitude

The angular distance east or west of the prime meridian is called (500)

Longitude

The half of the earth above the equator (100)

Northern Hemisphere

The half of the earth below the equator (200)

Southern Hemisphere

Half of the earth going from the Prime Meridian to the International dateline traveling west (300)

Western Hemisphere

Half of the earth going from the Prime Meridian to the International dateline traveling east (400)

Eastern Hemisphere

90 degrees south latitude; one of the seven continents (500)

Antarctica/South Pole

Water evaporates from the oceans, condenses, travels over land, cools and releases moisture in the form of rain, sleet, or snow. (100)

Water Cycle

90 degrees north latitude; water frozen into a giant ice cap (200)

North Pole

A narrow stretch of water that connects two larger bodies of water. (300)

Strait

Ocean or seawater surrounded by land on 3 sides, with a wide opening to the sea (400)

Gulf/Bay

Land deposited at the mouth of a river (500)

Delta

Why do we have night and day on the earth? (100)

The Earth rotates every 24 hours.

Why do we have years? (200)

The earth revolves around the sun. It takes 365 ¼ to complete this process.

Why do we have seasons? (300)

1.The earth is tilted at 23 ½ & it Revolves around the sun.

Why do we have months? (400)

It takes about 28 days for the moon to revolve around the earth.

Explain how a solar eclipse takes place? Explain how a lunar eclipse takes place? (500)