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42 Cards in this Set
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What conditions affect climate?
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elevation--higher are usually cooler,oceans--they add humidity; distance from the equator--closer to the equator are warmer
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What landform stretches across the middle of the United States?
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the Interior Plains
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humidity
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the amount of moisture in the air
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How does land along the Atlantic Coast differ from land along the Pacific coast?
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Atlantic is flat and Pacific has mountains, little flat
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What causes seasons?
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the tilt of the axis as the Earth moves around the Sun
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tributary
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a stream or rover that flows into a larger stream or river, also called branches
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revolution
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trip around the sun
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mouth of a river
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the end of a river where the river empties into some larger body of wter
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Which movement of Earth causes day and night?
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rotation
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how are rivers in the Great Basin different from most other rivers in the U.S.
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the river flows into low-lying land not an ocean
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revolution
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trip around the sun; the Earth takes one year to do this
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Peninsula
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land almost entirely surrounded by water
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rotation
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a complete turn; the eath takes one day to make one
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elevation
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the height of the land
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delta
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the triangle-shaped land at a river's mouth that has rich soil
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the 3 main parts of a river
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source, channel, mouth
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sea level
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land that is level with the surface of the ocean
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channel
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the deepest part of a river or other body of water
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mountain range
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a group of connected mountains
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Plateau
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high,mostly flat land
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river system
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a river plus its tributaries
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basin
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low. bowl-shaped land with higher ground all around it
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Piedmont
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foot of the mountain
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source
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the place where a river begins
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Coastal Plain
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low land that lies along an ocean
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floodplain
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the low,flat land along a river
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Name the 5 great lakes
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Erie, Huron, Superior, Ontario, Michigan
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drainage basin
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the land drained by a river system
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what is the highest mountain in the U.S.
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Mount McKinley
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which 3 mountain ranges are nearest to the Pacific coast?
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Sierra Nevada (snowy mountain range), Cascade Range, Coast ranges
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groundwater
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water beneath the Earth's surface
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fertile land
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rich land
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relief
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differences in elevation
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The Appalachians
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cover much of the eastern part of the United States, from northern Alabama to southeastern Canada
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dam
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a wall built across a river to hold back water; it protects against flooding
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downstream
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toward the river's mouth
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levee
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a high wallmade of earth that is built along the banks of a river to control flooding
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erosion
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the wearing away of the Earth's surface
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upstream
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toward the river's source
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precipitation
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water, as rain, sleet, or snow that falls to te Earth's surface
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canyon
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a deep, narrow valley with steep sides
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axis
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an imaginary line that runs through the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole
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