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Geography Vocabulary Word Puzzle #1 — myVocabulary.com

  • The Interactive Lesson Plan puzzle is 1 of 8 vocabulary activities and word puzzles.
  • Use the Greek and Latin word root word list to select the correct answer. Email your answers to friends, family and teachers.
  • The AUDIO word story is available in all Root Words Lesson Plans #1 through #6.
  • Common Core alignment to a Interactive Puzzle is to 4 key phrases: "Grade Level", "Greek and Latin Roots", "Precise Meaning" and "Context". CCSS Alignment Strand numbers for Specific Grades: Grade Level: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4, 3.4, 4.4, 5.4, 6.4, 7.4, 8.4, 9-10.4, 11-12.4 Greek & Latin Roots: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4b+c, 3.4b+c, 4.4b, 5.b, 6.4b, 7.4b, 8.4b, 9-10.4b, 11-12.4b Precise Meaning: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4e, 3.4d, 4.4c, 5.4c, 6.4c, 7.4c, 8.4c, 9-10.4c, 11-12.4c Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a
Directions:

To solve the Geography vocabulary word puzzle use the Latin root, the definition, part of speech and the Geography vocabulary word list. Put your answers INSIDE the box and move down to the next puzzle.

When you hit Submit, you will get back the correct answers to the Geography vocabulary word puzzle, use of vocabulary in a sentence, percentage score for correct answers and a comment.

Refer to the additional Geography word list for writing assignments and additional vocabulary study.
Clue:

The Geography vocabulary word list contains the correct answers. Use clues from the Latin root, definition, part of speech and the Geography word list to solve each puzzle. The following story clarifies meanings of Geography vocabulary:

Paul had traveled to five CONTINENTS and appreciated the TOPOGRAPHY in each HEMISPHERE. He liked the heat from the LATITUDE of the EQUATOR but also enjoyed the beauty of the GLACIERS in POLAR regions. Weary from his adventures, he now wanted a change. He bought TERRAIN on a PENINSULA near an ELUVIAL plain. A river, located by the property, MEANDERS for a mile where not too much EROSION had occurred along its bank.



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Vocabulary Word List:

Geography Vocabulary Word List:
Abrasion, Alluvial, Archipelago, Atmosphere, Bayou, Butte, Canyon, Cartography, Continent, Equator, Equatorial, Erosion, Exploration, Geological, Glacial, Glacier, Globe, Gravitation, Harbor, Hemisphere, Isthmus, Latitude, Longitude, Meander, Meridian, Mesa, Migrate, Mountains, Peninsula, Permafrost, Permafrost, Permeable, Piedmont, Piedmont, Planet, Polar, Rain Forest, Reclamation, Reservoir, Rivers, Rotation, Saturation, Sediment, Solar, Stratosphere, Swamp, Terrain, Territory, Topography, Tributary, Tropical, Volcano

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2) The angular distance north or south from the equator measured through 90 degrees (90º ) (noun) Root LAT = broad

3) One of the main landmasses of the globe (noun) Root TENE = hold

4) The great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the North & South Poles (noun) Root EQU = even

5) Half of the terrestrial globe or celestial sphere (noun) Root SPHERE = ball

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