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Absolute Location
The exact place on earth where a geographic feature, such as a city, is found
The five themes
Location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction
Elements of a map
Title
Compass Rose
Labels
Legend
Lines of latitude
Lines of longitude
Scale
Symbols
Colors
Topography
Representation of natural and man-made features on the earth
Continental shelf
The earth's surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean.
Plate tectonics
Enormous moving pieces of the earth's lithosphere.
Epicenter
The point directly above the focus on the earth's surface.
Tsunami
A giant wave in the ocean.
Weathering
Refers to physical and chemical processes that change the characteristics of rock on or near the earth's surface.
Climate
Hurricanes- storms that form over warm, tropical ocean waters, also known as typhoons in Asia.
Tornado, or twister, is a powerful funnel-shaped column of spiraling air.
Blizzard- a heavy snowstorm with winds of more than 35 miles per hour and reduced visibility.
Drought- long period of time without rain or minimal rainfall.
Flood- when water spreads over land not normally covered with water.
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