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40 Cards in this Set
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Topography
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Shape of the land
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elevation
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the height of sea level
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relief
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the diffrence in elevation b/w the highest lowest parts of an area
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landform
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is a feature of topography formed by the processes that shapes the earths surface
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landform region
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a large area of land where the topography is similar
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plains
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is a landform made up of flat or gently rolling land with low relief
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mountains
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is a landform with high elevation and high relief
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mountain range
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is a group of mountains that are closely related in shape,structures,and age
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plateau
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a landform that has a high elevation and more or less level surface
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lithosphere
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earths solid , rocky outer layer
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atmosphere
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outer most sphere
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hydrosphere
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earths ocean,lakes,river,and ice
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biosphere
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living things
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core
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dense center of the earth
-solid inner core -hot,liquid core |
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mantle
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hot but solid material that is less dess than the material that makes up the core
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crust
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lithosphere,earths surface
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rock
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the material that forms earths hard surface
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geology
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the study of solid earth
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map
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is a model on all or a flat surface of earths surface
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globe
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is a sphere that represents earths entire surface
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scale
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related distance on a map to a distance on earths surface
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symbols
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map makers that use pics to stand for features on earths surface
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key
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or legend is a list of all the symbols used on the map with an explanation for their meaning
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compass rose
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north arrow
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mercators projection
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the size and shape of landmasses near the equator are discovered by only a little
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equator
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forms an imagary line that circles earth
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hemisphere
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is one half of the sphere that makes up earths surface
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prime meridian
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makes a half circle from the north pole to south
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degree
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is 1/360 of the way around a full circle
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latitude
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distance in degrees north or south of the equator
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longitude
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the distance in degrees east and west of the prime meridian
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map projection
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is a framework of lines that helps to show land ma on a flat surface
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equal-area projection
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more accurately show landmasses in relation
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topographic map
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map showing the features of an area
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contour lines
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a line topographic map that connects point of equal elevation
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contour invertal
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the change in elevation from line to contour line
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GPS
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method of finding and elevation of points on earths surface using a network of satellites
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depression
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a closed loop with a dashes inside
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hilltop
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a closed looop w/o dashes,also known as elevation
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index line
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usually every 5th line is a darker heavier line and is labeled in round units like 1600 or 2000ft in elevation
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