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20 Cards in this Set
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Map
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flat, rough, model showing landmarks, streets, and roadways
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Model
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3D representation of a map
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Relief
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vertical distance between high point and low point in an area
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Relief Map
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shows changes in elevation
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Scale
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ratio of distance on map to the distance in real world
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Legend
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Shows what symbols on a map mean
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Equator
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An imaginary line that circles the earth halfway between the north and south poles
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Latitude
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is a distance in degrees north or south of the equator ( Latitude, attitude)
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Prime Meridian
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an imaginary line that stretches from north pole, though Greenwich, England, to the south pole
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Longitude
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is the distance in degrees easy to west of the prime meridian
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Projection
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is a way of representing Earth's curved surface on a flat map
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Contour Lines
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wiggly lines on map that show areas elevation, slope, and relief
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Topography
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is the shape or features, of the land
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Elevation
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how high above sea level a place is is
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Slope
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how high or steep a landform is
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Contour interval
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is the difference in elevation from one contour line to the next
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Remote Sensing
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the use of scientific equipment to gather information about something from a distance
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Sensor
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mechanical of electrical device that receives and responds to a signal
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False-color image
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A computer image in which colors are not what the human eye would see. Can assign different colors to different types of radiation coming from an object to highlight its features.
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geographic information system
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(GIS) are computer systems that can store and arrange geographic data and display the data in many different types of maps.
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