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| continent | one of the seven large land areas on Earth |
| geographic tools | a map, globe, GPS that tells where a place is or what it looks like |
| equator | the imaginary line that runs east and west and cuts the Earth in two parts between the North and South Poles |
| hemisphere | half of our Earth |
| border | the line on a map that shows where one state or nation begins and ends |
| absolute location | where a place actually (absolutely) is; using latitude and longitude directions |
| physical features | a place's land, water, climate, or plant life |
| valley | a lowland between two mountains or hills |
| plateau | a landform with steep sides and a flat top |
| peninsula | land with water on three sides |
| plains | flat lands good for planting (good growing season) |
| erosion | wearing away of the Earth's surface over a period of time |
| natural resources | something from nature (land, trees, water, minerals, etc) that people can use |
| minerals | a natural resource found int he ground such as iron or gold |
| renewable resources | resources that can be grown or made again by nature or people |
| non-renewable resources | resources that can not be made again quickly by nature or people |
| fuel | anything that can be burned to make heat or light |
| latitude | lines that run north and south of the Equator which is 0 degrees |
| longitude | lines that run east and west of Greenwich, England which is 0 degrees and called the Prime Meridian |
| North America | is in the Northern hemisphere and in the Western hemisphere |
