Purple People

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A _________________ map is a tool that shows the elevation of land by using a series of connected lines.

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Topographic

Front 2

A ________ map is a tool that showsthe elevation of land by using raised or bumpy surfaces to represent the shape and elevation of the land.

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Relief

Front 3

_________ are low lying, flat areas of land. they are often grassy with few or no trees.

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Plains

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____________ are areas that recieve little precipatation (water) and have few plants.

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Deserts

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__________ and flat areas of land, but theyare found at high elevation. They usually have steep sides.

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Plateaus

Front 6

A __________ is a low lying area that collects water from various streams, rivers, and lakes.

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Basin

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_________ are large, natural streams of flowing water. They end up in other rivers, lakes or streams.

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Rivers

Front 8

The _______________ ________ is the elevated point at which the flowing water on a continent goes in one direction or another.

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Continental Divide

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____________ are areas of land raising 2000 ft. or more above the area around it.

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Mountains

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___________ _______ are groups of mountins found together.

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Mountin Ranges

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__________ ___________ are groups if mountin ranges that can cover thousends of miles.

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Mountain Chains

Front 12

Rocks can change into new rocks over and over again through the prosses caled the ________ ________.

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Rock Cycle

Front 13

The ______ of the earth is very hot and dense.

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Core

Front 14

The _______ of the earth is the outer layer we live in and the land found under the ocean.

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Crust

Front 15

In between the core and the crust of the earth is the _________ which is melted rock.

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Mantle

Front 16

__________ rocks are formed from the melting and cooling of the rock. The rock is melted under the crust of the eatrh, then it is cooled.

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Igneous

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_____________ rocks are usually formed from layering, compacting and cementing of particals.

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Metamorphic

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___________ rocks are usually formed from the layering, compacting and cementing of particles.

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Sedimentary

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_________ are non-living, naturally occuring compounds in the Earth.

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Minerals

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______________ is the process in which all kinds of rocks are broken down into smaller pieces over time.

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Weathering