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| Three dimensional model of Earth |
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| Features on Earth's surface that give shape to the land |
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| Large, relatively flat areas on Earth's surface |
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Broad flat areas along the ocean's shores.
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| Grassy, wetlands, usually flooded with water |
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| Broad flat areas of land located away from shorelines |
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| Large, relatively flat areas raised above the surrounding land |
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| Large, high-rising areas of land that are not flat |
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| Mountains formed when rock is squeezed from opposite sides |
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| Mountains formed when Earth's crust is pushed upward by internal forces |
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| Mountains formed from huge tilted blocks of rock that have separated from surrounding rock by a fault |
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| A large crack in rocks along which there is movement |
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| Mountains formed when molten material reaches Earth's surface throug a weak areas in the crust |
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| molten material beneath Earth's surface |
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| molten material that reaches Earth's surface |
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Lines of ____ divide the Earth into northern and southern portions.
Also known as ___.
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Divides the Earth into equal northern and southern halves
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Lines of _____ divide the Earth into eastern and western sections.
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00 longitude
Runs through ____, England |
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True/False
Lines of Longitude run parallel to one another.
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True/False
When identifying location on the Earth, latitude is listed before longitude. |
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| Earth is divided into __ time zones, each ___ hour apart and ___ degrees wide. The US has ___ time zones. |
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| An hour is lost as you cross time zones from ______________. |
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| An hour is gained as you cross time zones from ______________. |
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| As you travel west across the IDL you would move your calendar ___ one day. |
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| As you travel east across the IDL you would move your calendar _____ one day. |
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| Two-dimensional model of Earth on paper |
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| Map projections that has correct land shapes but sizes are distorted near the poles because lines of longitude are drawn as parallel. |
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| Can only show one hemisphere at a time |
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| Used to map small areas of Earth such as road maps |
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| Projections that show changes in elevation on Earth's surface |
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| Lines on a map that connect points of equal elevation |
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| Refers to the distance of a point on Earth's surface at, above or below sea level. |
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| The difference in elevation between two adjacent contour lines. |
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| Contour lines that are marked with their elevation and are sometimes shaded darker than other contour lines. |
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| Contour lines are _____ around hills, mountains and basins. |
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| Contour lines form v's that point ____ when they cross a stream. |
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| Explain the symbols that are used on a map |
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| describes the relationship between the distances on a map and the actual distances on Earth's surface |
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| zero elevation on a topographick map |
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