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14 Cards in this Set
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Forces that shape earth surface by building up mountains and landmass |
Constructive |
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Compressional forces form |
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 lave build up in a steep pile around a vent the result is |
A volcano |
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The elevation and surface features of an area are called |
Topographic |
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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 |
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Elevation, relief, are shown using |
Contour lines |
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It would be easy to walk up a slope represented by contour lines that are |
Far apart |
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A contour line that forms a closed loop and has smell dashes pointing to the inside of the loop represent |
Depression |
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When a volcano erupts, the molton rock 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 mountain |
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The place where lava comes out from a volcano |
Vent |
