Globes and maps

​​A globe is a round model of Earth..

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​It shows all the land and water on Earth.

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​The blue part on the globe shows water. (Oceans)

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​The brown and green parts show land. ( Continents)

Globe​

​Like a globe, Maps also show land and water, but maps are flat.

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​Maps can show large places or small places.

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​Some maps have a key or legend. The key/ legend tells what the pictures on the map are.

​Maps

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We can use maps to find places.

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​The title tells what the map is about

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​The compass rose shows the directions of North, South, East and West.

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​The key tells what the symbols mean.

​Maps​

​​Earth is made up of land and water.

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​There are many different kinds of land:

• ​mountain

• ​plateau

• ​plains

• ​valley

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Land ​

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​​There are different bodies of water

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​An ocean is a very larger body of water.

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​A lake has land on all sides.

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​A river is long. it flows toward a lake or an ocean.

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​Water

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Ocean​

Oceans​

​There are 5 Oceans on Earth

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​​A continent is a large area of land.

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​There are 7 continents.

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​The United States is on the continent of North America.

Continents​