front 1 cartographer | back 1 a mapmaker |
front 2 distort | back 2 to change the original shape of something |
front 3 equator | back 3 the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. |
front 4 erosion | back 4 a natural process in which land moves from one place to another |
front 5 fault | back 5 a crack in the Earth's crust caused by shifting plates. |
front 6 geography | back 6 the study of Earth. |
front 7 international date line | back 7 An imaginary line that is about 180 degrees longitude and runs through the Pacific Ocean. |
front 8 latitude | back 8 a location's distance north or south of the equator. |
front 9 longitude | back 9 a location's distance east or west of the prime meridian. |
front 10 magnitude | back 10 a greatness in size |
front 11 meridian | back 11 A line of longitude that circles the earth, passing through both sides of the North and South Poles. |
front 12 migrate | back 12 to move from one country or region and settle into another. |
front 13 parallel | back 13 being side by side and having an equal distance apart. |
front 14 prime meridian | back 14 the lines of zero degrees longitude running through Greenwich, England. |
front 15 weathering | back 15 the wearing away of material. |