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36 Cards in this Set
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Plain
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large reatively flat areas
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Plateau
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relatively flat raised areas of land
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Folded Mountains
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mountains created when rock layers are squeezed from opposite sides,causing them to buckle and fold
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Upwarped Mountains
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mountains formed when earth's crust is pushed up and eroded,froming sharp peaks ridges
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Fault-Block Mountains
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Jagged mountains formed from huge,tilted blicks of rocks that are separated from surrounding rock by faults
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Volcanic Mountains
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mountains created when magma whithin earth escapes to the surface,building cones of lava and ash
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Equator
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an Imaginary line,at 0 latitude,that circules earth exactly halfway between the north and south;separates earth into the northern hemisphere
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Latitude
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a distance north or south of the equator,expressed in degrees
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Prime Meridian
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an imaginray line running from the north pole to the south pole,passing through Greenwich,England;the 0 reference line for longitude
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Longitude
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a distance east or west of the prime meridian,expressed in degrees
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International Date Line
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an imaginary line in the Pacific Ocean where we change calendar days
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Mercator Projection
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a map projection method using parallel longitude lines,their areas are distorted
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Robison Projection
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a map projection method using curved longitude lines,has a little distortion
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Topograpic Map
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a map that uses contour lines uses contour line to show changes in elevations at earth's
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Contour Line
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a line on a topograpic map that connects points of equal elevation
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Contour Interval
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the difference in elevation between two side-by-side contour lines
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Map Legend
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explains what the symbols used on the map mean
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Map Scale
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is the realationship between the distance the on the map and actual distance
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Landsat
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detect different wavelengths of energy reflected or emitted from earth's surface
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Topex-Poseidon Satellite
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uses radar to compute the distance to the ocean's surface
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Sonar
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refers to the use of sound waves to detect oceanbottom features
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Coastal Plains are also
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lowlands
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To show distances a _____________ is used on maps
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map scale
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Sea Beam maps
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show contours of the ocean
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Lansat Sattelites use measurements of ________________ that are converted into detailed maps of landforms
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wavelenghts and intensity of energy
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Landforms formed by molten materials are __________ mountains
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volcanic
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Areas of equal elevation
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are connected by contour lines
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To find an exact location on a mpat
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use latitude and longitude linges
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if you travel ____________ across the International Date Line you lose one day
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west
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A road map is drawn to a _____________ projection
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conic
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The process that people use to prouduce modern maps
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uses satellite photos
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Meridains _________ the poles
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meet at
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What is the difference in plains and plateaus
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they both are flat but plateaus rise
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In what ways has technology changed map making in the last 100 years
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computers, radar and satellites have made it possible to make a much greater variety of detailed maps of both land and sea features
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Would a topographic map of the Rocky Mountains have a large or small contour interval
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The Rocky Mountains have high relief so the contour interval would be large
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Compare a Mercator projection map to a Rovinson projection map
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a mercator projection map has parallellel latitiude linge and parellell longitude line. A Robinson projection map has parallel latitude lines and curved longitude lines
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