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| On a topographic map, which connects points of equal elevation? |
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| A landform made up of flat or gently rolling land with low relief is a |
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| one half of the sphere that makes up Earth's surface. |
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| What can be used to find the elevation feature on a topographic map? |
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| The toporaphy of an area depends on: |
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| Landforms, relief, & elevation....NOT...Pixels |
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| Which of the following is often a main difference between a coastal plain adn an interior plain? |
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| What is a list of all of a map's symbols called? |
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| The prime meridian runs through |
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| The imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the poles is called the __. |
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| A map's ____ relates distance on a map to a distance on Earth's Surface. |
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| A large area of land where the topography is similar is called a(n) _______. |
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| A satellite image is made of thousands of tiny dots called ___. |
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| A framework of lines that helps to show landmasses correctly on a flat surface is called a(n) __. |
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| The elevation differece between one contour line and the next is called the __. |
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| A landform that has high elevation adn more or less level surface is called ___. |
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| How is a plain similar to a plateau? |
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| They both have low relief. |
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| What are the 3 main types of landforms? |
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| Give an example of a Mountain Range |
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| Give an example of a Mountain System |
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| Give an exmaple of a mountain belt |
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| Rocky Mountains with other mountains |
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| Halite is a mineral formed through the evaporation of |
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| Mineral from which metals can be removed is usable amounts are called |
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| The color of a minerals powder is the mineral's |
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| Becasue minerals do not come from once living material, they are said to be |
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| In a mineral, the particles line up in a repeating pattern to form a(n) |
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| What Characteristic is used to determine the color of a minerals powder? |
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| Minerals that do not split easily into flat pieces have a property called |
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| A narrow band of minerals that lies between rock layers is a ___. |
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| If you say a mineral is waxy, you are describing the minerals' |
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| The process of removing metal from ore is called |
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| A hard colorful mineral that is shiny is called a |
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| A rock that contains a metal or other useful mineral is a |
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| Mineral crystals form when maga __. |
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| List the 5 Characteristics that all minerals have |
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1. Naturally occuring
2. inroganic
3. solid
4. crystal structure
5. definite chemical composition |
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| The amount of mass in a given volume of a substance is ___. |
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| The hardest mineral is a ___ |
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| A mineral that splits easily into flat pieces has the property ____. |
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| Copper & Silver are a kind of mineral called ____. |
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| A solid mixture containing at least one metal is a ____. |
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| What is the formula for Density? |
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| D- Mass divided by Volume |
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| Which of Earth's layers has the higest temperature? |
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| Which of Earht's layers is the thinnest? |
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| The transfer of heat by the movement of particles in fluids is called |
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| Earth is like a giant magnet becasue of the convection currents in teh |
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| The process in which continents slowly move is called |
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| What happens in sea floor spreading? |
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| Earth's plates move because of |
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| A boundary where two plates push together is called a |
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| Happens at deep ocean trenches |
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| Two examples of evidence geologist collect to learn about Earth's interior include |
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| Rock samples and Seismic waves |
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| The transfer of energy through space is called |
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| __ is a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance. |
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| The main difference between the outer and inner core is that |
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| The outer core is a liquid and the inner core is a solid |
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| What are the 3 main types of heat transfer? |
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| Radiation, conduction, convection |
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| ___ is a dark rock with a fine texture. |
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| ___ is a light rock with coarse texture. |
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| What is the difference between conduction and convection? |
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conduction -uses an object- must be toucing.
Convection- does use an object..uses liquid |
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| Who proposed the concept of continental drift? |
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| Why did most Scientists reject Wegener's hypothesis of contiental drift? |
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| They would have to change their long time thoery about the moutnains. |
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| The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object is called |
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| An example of radiation would be |
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| sitting around a campfire |
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| Heat transfer by convection is caused by the difference of _____ and density within a fluid |
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| When a fluids temperature increases it's density |
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| What happens to convection currents when the liquid or gas is not longer heated? |
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| convetion currents take place in what two layers of the Earth? |
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| The heat source for the convection currents in teh mantle is the |
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| When a fluids temperature decreases its density |
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| An example of indirect evidence is |
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| An example of direct evidence is |
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| As you go from the surface towards teh center of the earth, pressure |
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| The earth's outer "skin" is also knwon as |
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| Rigid layer that includes the upper part of the mantel & the crust is |
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| Solid material beneath the asthenosphere |
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| Soft layer just below the lithosphere |
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| What creates Earth's magnetic field |
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| Movements in the liquid outer core |
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| The Place where two plates move apart or diverge is called _____boundaries. |
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| A place where two plates come together is called ____ boundaries. |
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| A place where two plates slip past each other moving in oppostie directions is called _____ boundaries. |
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| The Thoery of ______ states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere are in slow, constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle. |
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| A ____ theory is a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations. |
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| Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other are commonly called |
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| The _ocean is expanding while the __ ocean is shrinking. |
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| A deep valley that forms along the divergent boundary is called |
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| Continental Crust is made mostly of the rock ____ . |
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| contientnal plates that move apart form ____ valleys. |
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| Two plates move past each other in opposite directions at a ______ boundary. |
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| The transfer of energy through space is ____. |
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| The transfer of heat betwen objects that are touching is ___. |
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| What evidence (3 pieces) supports the continetal drift theory? |
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| Land features, climate, fossils |
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