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| scale | part of the map that measures distance |
| compass rose | tells the directions |
| cardinal directions | north, east,south and west |
| symbol | pictures on a map that stand for something else |
| map key | tells what the symbols mean |
| basin | a bowl like shape in the earth |
| plateau | flat land that is higher than the land around it |
| plains | flat land |
| landforms | the different shapes of the earth's surface |
| geography | the study of earth and the things on it |
| natural resources | things found in nature that we can use |
| nonrenewable resource | resources that cannot be used again |
| pollution | making the air or land dirty |
| recycle | to use things over again or make into something new |
| elevation | the height of the land |
| climate | the pattern of weather over a period of time |
| equator | imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres |
| hemishpere | half of a sphere |
| North and Western | the hemisphere we live in |
| latitude | lines that run parallel with the equator |
| longitude | lines that run from the north pole to the south pole |
