Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
16 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
relative location
|
a location based on another location
|
|
|
absolute location
|
a location that stands alone - NOT based on another location
|
|
|
latitude
|
imaginary horizontal lines that circle the globe.
|
|
|
Equator
|
0 degrees latitude
|
|
|
longitude
|
imaginary vertical lines that circle the globe.
|
|
|
Prime Meridian
|
0 degrees longitude
|
|
|
International Date Line
|
180 degrees longitude
|
|
|
climate
|
temperature/precipitation; average
|
|
|
weather
|
temperate/precipitation; daily
|
|
|
marsh
|
wet treeless prarie; grassy; always flooded
|
|
|
swamp
|
seasonally flooded forest; part of floodplains; freshwater; cypress trees
|
|
|
alluvial
|
fertile
|
|
|
physical map
|
map that shows physical features such as elevation, topography, rivers, lakes, and relief.
|
|
|
political map
|
map that shows political boundaries such as stae divisions, country divisions, cities, and capitals.
|
|
|
severance tax
|
a business tax paid to the state; a resource tax. oil companies pay the most - 12.5% = billions of dollars
|
|
|
subsidence
|
the settling or sinking of the land
|
