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15 Cards in this Set
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plains
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large flat areas often found in the interior and regions contents
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plateus
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flat raised areas of land made up of horizontal rocks
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folded mountains
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comprised of folded rock layers
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upward mountains
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form when blocks of earth's crust are pushed up by forces inside earth
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FAULT BLOCK MOUNTAINS
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ARE MADE UP OF HUGE TILTED BLOCK ROCKS
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VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS
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BEGIN TO FORM WHEN MOULTEN MATERIAL REACHES THE SURFACE
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EQUATOR
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IS AN IMAGINARY LINE AROUND THE EARTH
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LATITUDE
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LINES RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE EQUATOR
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PRIME MERIDIAN
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IMAGINARY LINE REPRESENTS 0 LATITUDE
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LONGITUDE
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REFERS TO DISTANCE
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CONIC PROJECTION
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MADE BY PROJECTING POINTS
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TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
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MAP THAT IDENTIFIES HILLS
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CONTOUR LINES
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A LINE ON A MAP THAT CONNECTS POINTS
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MAP SCALE
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTANCE
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MAP LEGEND
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EXPLAINS THE SYMBOLS USED ON THE MAP
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