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18 Cards in this Set
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precipitation |
the moisture that falls to earth: rain, snow, sleet, hail |
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landform |
a feature of the earth's surface: valley, mountain |
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temperature |
how hot or cold the air is |
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natural resource |
something found in nature that is useful to people |
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geography |
the study of the earth and the way people live on it and use it |
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minerals |
natural resources located below the earth's surface |
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weather |
how hot or cold and how wet or dry a place is |
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peninsulas |
bodies of land that make up Michigan (upper and lower) |
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glaciers |
sheets of ice that formed most of Michigan's landforms
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basins |
low, bowl-shaped areas |
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climate |
the kind of weather an area has over a long period time |
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shares a border with Michigan |
Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio |
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the main reason Michigan is good for farming |
fertile soil |
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the kind of precipitation the lake effect brings to the Upper Peninsula |
snow |
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the distances between lines of latitude and longitude is measured by --------------- |
degrees |
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westerlies that pass over the Great Lakes bring ------- ------------- in the summer
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cooler temperatues |
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more than half of Michigan is covered with ---------- |
timber |
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Michigan is an important producer of this metal |
iron |
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