Celestial Bodies, Stars and Asteroids

The sun, moon, and all objects shining in the night sky.

Celestial bodies that are very big and hot, made up of gases, and emit their own heat and light in large amounts.

Patterns formed by different groups of stars.

A group of seven stars, part of the Ursa Major constellation.

Celestial bodies that do not have their own heat and light; lit by the light of stars.

The name for the sun, eight planets, satellites, asteroids and meteoroids.

The third nearest planet to the sun, slightly flattened at the poles, allowing for more ideal enviornment for life.

The term to describe the earth's earth-like shape.

A celestial body that moves around planets.

Small peices of rocks and metals which move around the sun.

The galaxy that our solar system is a part of.

A representation or drawing of the earth's surface on a flat surface according to scale.

Maps showing natural features of the earth (mountains, plateaus, plains, rivers, oceans.)

Maps showing cities, towns, villages, states, countries with their boundaries.

Thematic maps show spacific information sucs as roads, rainfall, or even forests.

The ratio between the actual distance on the ground and the distance shown on the map.

Most maps contain an arrow marked with the letter 'N'. This indicates north.

Third important aspect of a map which makes it possible to draw with universal understanding.

Drawing mainly based on memory and spot observation and not to scale; rough drawings of a area to tell where a particular place is with respect to other places.

Drawing of a small area on a large scale which includes spacific information such as the length and breadth of a room.

The solid portion of the earth, comprising rocks and soil.

The gaseous layers surrounding the earth, containing essential gases.

The domain of the Earth which comprises water in all its forms, that is, ice, water and water vapour.

The narrow zone where land, water, and air interact and contain all forms of life.

Large landmasses on Earth, such as Asia, Africa, and North America.

Australia, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica

Massive bodies of water surrounding continents which are all conected with eachother.

The Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean.

Movement of the earth around its axis.

The movement of the earth around the sun in a fixed path or orbit.

An imaginary line, makes an angle of 66½° with its orbital plane.

The plane formed by the earth's orbit.

The day-night terminator; the circle that divides the day from night on the globe.

The time in takes the earth to complete one roation around its axis in 24 hours.

The earth revolving around the sun in orbit.

When direct rays of the sun are pointed directly at the Tropic of Cancer..

When direct rays of the sun are pointed directly at the Tropic of Capricorn.

When direct rays of the sun fall on the equator meaning neither pole is tilted.

The meridian which passes through Greenwich, England, used as the 0° reference point for longitude.