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christians believe tha earths features were altered dramatic by what? |
cataclysm |
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every variation in landscape is called a? |
landform |
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when many mountains appear together? |
mountain range |
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wide areas of LEVEL land?? |
plains |
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nutrient-rich soil deposited by rivers?? |
alluvium |
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wide areas of Flat land that Rise abruptly above surrounding land |
plateaus |
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a river and all its tributaries |
river system |
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another term for the SOURCE of a river is its |
headwaters |
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longest river in the united states |
missisippi |
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amount of water that flows from a river is |
discharge |
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total area from which a river and its tributaries get their water is the |
drainage basin |
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sheltered body of deep water next to the shore |
harbor |
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areas of stagnant water are collectively known as |
wetlands |
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spongy areas of lands that look dry but are covered w wet organic materials |
bogs |
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areas of visible standing water with small vegetation that has its roots submerged |
marshes |
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areas in tropics that suport many trees and form a canopy over the forest floor |
tropical rain forest |
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tropical grasslands with only a few scattered trees |
savannas |
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areas with trees such as pines firs that grow cold harsh suppolar climate |
coniferous forests
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soil that remains frozen all year |
permafrost |
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areas with trees that have broad flat leaves and requires alot of water and a growing season of 4 months |
deciduous forest |
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period of time where Huge ice glaciers covered Canada and north parts of Europe and USA |
ice age |
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three parts of the earth as God divided it |
atmosphere lithosphere hydrosphere |
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three layers of the earth |
crust mantle core |
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earth surface is divided into 2 types of continents |
island continents |
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determining factor between mountain or hill |
height of the two |
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largest ocean on earth |
pacific ocean |
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water fully enclosed by land |
lakes |
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water parcially enclosed by land |
seas |
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theory:earths surface is broken into peices that crash into and pull apart-causing earthquakes |
techtanic plates |
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deep cracks in earth where two landmasses move Away from eachother |
faults |
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breakdown of rocks by water wind plant roots and temperature changes |
weathering |
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removal of small peices of rock or soil |
erosion |
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one of the three ways God has provided to distribute the earths thermal energy |
seasons changing |
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polar region temperate zone tropics equator tropics temperate polar region |
the earth |