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26 Cards in this Set
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What are the two important parts of any place's climate?
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temperature and precipitation
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What are land surfaces?
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landforms
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What are the times of the year?
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seasons
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What is a wide area of flat or gently rolling land?
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plain
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What is an imaginary line that goes through the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole?
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axis
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What shows you the kinds of land surfaces?
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Relief map
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Natural gas, petroleum, and coal are all what?
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fuels
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What is a plain that is bordered by a large body of water?
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coastal plain
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What is a low, level piece of land at the mouth of a river?
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delta
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What is a piece of land almost surrounded by water?
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peninsula
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Rain, snow, mist, sleet, and hail are all forms of what?
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precipitation
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To use water from rivers and lakes to make up for a lack of rainfall?
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irrigate
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By using heat from burning coal, the iron can be melted out of the rock. This is called what?
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smelting
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Agriculture is another word for what?
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Farming
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What is a high, steep land?
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mountain
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What is power in which generators change the power of moving water into electric power?
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hydroelectric power
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What is soft coal?
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bituminous
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What are things found on and in the Earth that are useful to people but are not made by people?
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natural resources
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What is weather over a long period of time called?
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climate
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What is hard coal?
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anthracite
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What is the beginning of a river?
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source
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What are supplies that have not been mined?
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reserves
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Where a river empties into a large body of water?
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mouth
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Uranium is a source of what type of energy?
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atomic or nuclear energy
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What is a body of land completely surrounded by water?
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island
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What is a large,high area of land. It generally rises steeply from the land around it,at least on one side. The top, or surface, is usually flat and level?
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plateau
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