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| The crest dividing North America's major river systems into those flowing eastward and those flowing westward. |
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| Coastal islands created from sand deposited by ocean waves and currents in shallow water |
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An area at the foot of mountain region |
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A natural boundary between two landform regions with different elevations marked by rapids and waterfalls |
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Low areas of land, often surrounded by mountain |
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Place where magma wells up to the surface from Earth's mantle |
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The long-term average of weather and precipitation in an area is called _______. |
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The 23 1/2o tilt of the earth and the earth's revolution around the sun causes the four_______. |
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Which one (from the previous question) CAUSES the seasons to be reversed between the N and S hemispheres?_________ |
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Mountains of lava that change earth's surface when they erupt are called_________. |
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The topographical feature of earth that is known as an "elevated plain" is a __________. |
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Which world region experiences hurricanes? _____________ |
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A river that feeds into another larger river is called a ____________. |
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Altitude (Elevation)
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The Highland climate is the only climate zone that does not refer to Latitude, it deals with________(___). |
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Pacific_______are called hurricanesn in the Atlantic. |
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Tropic Zone, Temperate Zone, Arctic(Polar) Zone
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List three climate regions:_________ ________ _________. |
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List five climate regions.
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The change in elevation between a mountain and plain, and characterized by rapids in rivers, is defined by an imaginary line called a _____ ____. |
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Being influenced by a large body of water is called _____________. |
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Weather maps show all of the following except_________. |
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A scientist that studies the weather is called a_____. |
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The description of the climates found at low attitudes is _______. |
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Arctic (Polar) Zone
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The Subarctic Climate (Taiga) would be found in which climate zone?_____________ |
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The climate zone that Fredericksburg is in is________. |
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Climates follow Latitude lines while times follows________lines. |
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Line of Illumination
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This line separates day and night:___________ |
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