Continents Oceans Plate Tectonics MapsVocab

Name the Continent. 100

North America 100

Name the Continent 200

South America 200

Name the Continent. 300

Africa 300

Name the continent 400

Europe 400

Name the continent. 500

Asia 500

Name the Ocean 100

Pacific 100

Name the Ocean 200

Atlantic 200

Name the ocean. 300

Arctic 300

Name the Ocean 400

Indian 400

Most geographers agree that the world has _#?_ oceans and _#?_ continents. 500

4 oceans and 7 continents 500

What is the name of the part of oEarth that surrounds the core and is made up of melted rock, called magma? 100

Mantle 100

True or False- The Earth’s crust is the thinnest layer of the Earth 200

True 200

Which is thinner- OCEANIC crust or CONTINENTAL crust 300

Oceanic 300

What is the theory that explains the location of the Earth’s continents and how they have shifted over the years? 400

Plate Tectonics 400

When two continental plates come together they create an effect known as a(n) __________________ 500

Earthquake 500

What are the four cardinal directions? 100

NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST 100

What is the measuring line that helps you figure out distance on a map? 200

Map scale 200

True or False- a POLITICAL map shows ELEVATION 300

False- a PHYSICAL map shows elevation 300

What does a political map show? 400

Cities and borders 400

A ______________ is a large (sizable), inland body of water 500

Lake 500

A ______________ is one of four bodies of SALT water 100

Ocean 100

DAILY DOUBLE 200

A ______ is part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline and is SMALLER than a gulf 200

Bay 200

Water freezing (expanding) in the crack of a rock and breaking apart that rock is an example of __________? 300

weathering 300

If someone is talking about landforms (valleys, mountains, plains, plateaus), is he or she talking about PHYSICAL characteristics or HUMAN characteristics? 400

PHYSICAL 400

What do we call the sun, the planets, and the stars? 500

Solar System 500

FINAL JEOPARDY Write down a wager on a piece of paper.

Are landforms a PHYSICAL characteristic or a HUMAN characteristic?

PHYSICAL