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23 Cards in this Set
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2Peter 3:5 states this about scoffers who do not believe in the flood.
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2Peter 3:5 states that mankind is "willingly" ignorant of God's intervention in history
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Was the climate stable after the flood
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No. It probably took a long time to stabilize after the flood. eg. ice age
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name the3 layers of the earth
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crust, mantle and a core (liquid outer core, solid inner core)
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All of the earth's surface is divided into 2 types of landmasses
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continents and island
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Landform
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variation in landscape
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largest ocean
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Pacific Ocean
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Percentage of Earth's fresh water
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Less than 3% --- more than 2/3 of which is in polar ice caps, glaciers, or underground
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Longest River
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Nile
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River with largest Discharge
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Amazon River
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River with largest Drainage
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Amazon drains a rain forest that is 40% of the continent of So. America
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Largest system of freshwater lakes
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Great Lakes of North America
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headwaters
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another term for the source of a river
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longest river in U.S.
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Mississippi
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Discharge
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The amount of water that flows from a river
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Drainage basin
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The total area from which a river and its tributaries get their water
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Harbor
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Sheltered body of deep water next to the shore
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coniferous forests
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Areas with trees, such as pines and firs that can grow in cold harsh subpolar climates
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deciduous forests
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Areas with trees that have brad flat leaves and that require a lot of water and a growing season of at least 4 months
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shrub forests
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Areas with a mediterranean climate that have dense bushes but are too dry to support many trees
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tropical rain forests
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Areas in the tropics that support many trees, the leaves and branches of which form a canopy over the forest floor
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lakes
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body of water fully enclosed by land
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3 ways God distributes the earth's thermal energy
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seasons,
winds ocean currents |
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locate and label following zones on a map
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Equator, Tropics, Temperate Zone, Polar Region
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