Science

• latitude —


  distance north or south of the equator
• longitude |


  distance east or west of the equator
• compass


  navigational instrument for finding directions and geographic
• the sun rises and sets in _____

  east to west
• polaris


  North star; directly above the North Pole
• Philippines Coordinates


  12.8797º N —

  121.7740º E |
• International Date Line


  the line of longitude that marks where each new day begins, centered on the 180th meridian
• Equator


  an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
• Prime Meridian


  a planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude.
• antimeridian


  also known as the idl
• archipelago


  A group of islands originating from the greek words "arkhi" (chief) and "pelagos" (sea). used to be the name of the aegean sea
• number of islands in the philippines


  7,641 or about 7k
• mountains


  a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
• hills


  area of raised land that are lower and more round then a mountain
• plains


  a large area of flat land with few trees
• plateaus


  a raised area of land, such as a hill or mountain, with a flat top
• valleys


  a low area between mountains or hills where streams and rivers often flow
• Wetlands


  a lowland area, such as a marsh or swamp, that is saturated with moisture, especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.
• hydrosphere


  All the water on earth
• oceans


  large bodies of salt water
• seas


  are large bodies of salt water; smaller than oceans; connected to oceans; and meets land at the shore
• rivers


  are large, natural streams of fresh water.
• lake


  a body of freshwater surrounded by land
• a lake within a lake


  taal lake
• Mayon Volcano


  most active volcano in the Philippines (legazpi city, albay)
• relative location


  location in relation to other places
• absolute location


  The exact position of a place on the earth's surface.
• timezones


  Earth is divided into 24 zones. Each zone is an one hour time difference from the next start at the Prime Meridian in Greenwich. West is earlier, East is later.
• GMT


  Greenwich Mean Time
• UTC


  Coordinated Universal Time
• DST


  daylight saving time
• IDL


  International Date Line
• sustainability


  meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
• sustainable land management


  is the use of land resources (i.e. soil, water, flora, fauna) for the production of goods to meet changing human needs
• bay


  part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf
• gulf


  an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land
• shaping forces of landscape

  natural and manmade
• tectonic activity


  The movement of plates within the earth's crust against each other, contributing to volcanic eruptions and massive earthquakes.
• typhoons


  a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.
• Mining


  the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth