Science

Cards (19)

  • Natural resources - lands, water, soil and animals
  • Land resources - or the soils are considered as non renewable.
  • Water sources - are considered as renewable.
  • Dotable water - for drinking purposes and important uses of water.
  • Natural harbors - and navigation for water transportation
  • Marine animals - aquatic plants are the animals and plants that are living in the water
  • Renewable - resources that can grow again or can be replaced after it is consumed.
  • Non renewable - are sources that cannot be replaced once consumed examples. natural gas, coal and petroleum
  • Longitude - is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian.
  • The location of a place may be described by using Coordinate system.
  • you should look at the intersecting lines of latitude and longitude to locate exact places on earth.
  • the starting point for latitude is equator which is at latitude 0⁰
  • the starting point for longitude is the prime meridian which is at longitude 0⁰
  • when writing the coordinates of a place always write the latitude first.
  • Latitude - is the horizontal lines that divide the globe or map to northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere.
  • Longitude - is the vertical line that divides the globe or map to eastern hemisphere and western hemisphere.
  • Cartographers - long ago created a system of imaginary lines for the whole globe.
  • Coordinates - are pair of numbers that describe the position of point.
  • Geographic Coordinate system - system that is used to locate places using degrees of latitude and longitude.