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18 Cards in this Set
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Forces that shape Earth's surface by building up mountains and landmassws |
Constructive |
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Compressional forces for |
Folded mountains |
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The most common place to find volcanoes |
Ring of Fire |
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Before lava reaches the surface it is called |
Magma |
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When ash, cinders, and cooled lava build up in a steep pile around a vent the result is |
Volcano |
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The elevation and surface features of an area are called |
Topography |
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Areas of equal elevation are connected by lines on a map called |
Contour lines |
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A topographic map differs from a road map in that the topographic map shows |
Elevation, relief, slope |
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Elevstion, relief, and slope are shown using |
Contour lines |
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It would be easy to walk up a slope represented by contour lines that |
Are spread apart |
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A contour line that forms a closed loop and has small dashes pointing to the inside of the loop represent |
Depression |
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When a volcano erupts, the molten material that flows onto Earth's surface is called |
Lava |
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A normal fault uplifts a block of rock forming a |
Fault Block |
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A volcanic eruption that destroys land around it is considered to be |
Destructive |
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A satellite image gives a viewer |
Information about landforms and resources |
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Satellites and high flying aircraft gather information using cameras and sensors to create |
Aerial photos and satellite images |
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The place where lava comes out from a volcano |
Vent |
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Folded mountains are associated with what plate boundary |
Convergent |
