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20 Cards in this Set
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a body of land surrounded by water
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island
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a triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of the river.
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delta
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a broad flat area of land higher than the surrounding land
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plateau
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EQUINOX
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DAY IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER WHEN THE SUN'S RAYS ARE DIRECTLY OVERHEAD AT THE EQUATOR, MAKING DAY AND NIGHT OF EQUAL LENGTH
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The standard against which results are compared in an experiment is called the ________.
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control
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Elevation
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Height above sea level
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Landforms
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Particular features of the land
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Summer solstice
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The day with the most hours of sunlight.
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Plate tectonics
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Theory that the earth has plates or huge slabs of rock that move.
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PLATEAU
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FLAT LANDFORM WHOSE SURFACE IS RAISED ABOVE THE SURROUNDING LAND, WITH A STEEP CLIFF ON ONE SIDE
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Plain
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Low-lying stretches of flat or gently rolling land
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ISTHMUS
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NARROW PIECE OF LAND CONNECTING TWO LARGER PIECES OF LAND
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PENINSULA
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PIECE OF LAND SURROUNDED BY WATER ON THREE SIDES
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island
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PIECE OF LAND, smaller than a continent, SURROUNDED BY WATER
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Strait
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NARROW BODY OF WATER LYING BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF LAND
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Continental shelf
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Plateau off each coast of a continent that lies under the ocean and stretches foe several miles.
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trench
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A valley in the ocean floor.
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Channel
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WIDE PASSAGE OF WATER LYING BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF LAND
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Delta
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Deposits of soil at the mouth of a river.
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