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20 Cards in this Set
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Are low lying, flat areas of land. often grassy with no trees
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Plains
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are areas that recevie little precipation and few plants
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Deserts
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are large, natural streams of flowing water. they end up in other rivers lakes, or the ocean
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Rivers
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Are groups of similar mountains found together
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Mountain ranges
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are groups of mountian ranges that can cover thousands of miles.
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Mountain chains
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the of the earthis very hot and dense.
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Core
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Are non-living, natural occuring compounds in the earth
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Minerals
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Can be caused by wind water glaciers, downhill movment
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Erosion
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water is found in the atmosphere
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Gaseous
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water takes a regular path to reach the
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Oceans
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water always travels from elavation to elavation
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Highest lowest
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besides ____ _____ ______ keep the great lakes from drying up
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rainfall,runoff,snowmelt
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our largest source of fresh water comes from
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ground water
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a __ is a long peroid of time without rain.
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Drought
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A ___________ contains a star plants, moon, comets and astrouts
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Soler system
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The ____ of a planet, star, or moon is tilt as it spins
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Axis
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A is one on the axis. for a planet, one spin is equal to 1 day
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Rotation
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The BLANK on earth are caused by the tilt of the earth and how much sunlight each part gets
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Seasons
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A occurs when the moon goes in front of the sun
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Solar eclipes
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the ________ of a plant can affect the tempature.
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Distance
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