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33 Cards in this Set
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landform
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an area of the earth's surface with a definite shape.
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hill
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a landform rising above surounding land, lower than a mountain.
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mountain
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a landform higher than 2000 feet above sea level. Wide bottom, narrow peak.
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plateau
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raised, flat area with at least one side a steep slope.
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plain
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A large flat area with hardly any trees
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Plate
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Huge section of Earth's crust
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Plate tectonics
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the theroy that the earth's crust is made of huge slowly moving slabs of hard rock.
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weathering
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the breaking down of rocks by wind, water, or ice.
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erosion
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The process by which water wind or ice wears away landforms and moves the materials to a different place.
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atmosphere
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the multi-layered band of gases that surround the Earth
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revovultion
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a complete orbit around the sun, made in 365 days or one year.
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axis
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the imaginary point by which the Earth spins on runs from the North pole to the south pole.
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rotation
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the spinning motion of the Earth, that takes 24 hours to complete
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latitude
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the imaginary lines that circles the Earth parellel to the equator.
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low latitude
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the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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middle latitude
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the area between the Tropic of cancer and the Arctic, and the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic
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high latitude
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the area between artic and north pole, antarctic and south pole.
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geography
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the study of Earth's surface and the process that shape it.
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parelell
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an imaginary line that circles the globe parellel to the equator.
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degree
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the measure by which we measure absolute location; on globes and maps, lat. and long.
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longitude
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an imaginary line that runs north to south from one pole to another.
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meridian
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an imaginary line that circles the globe from north to south runs through buth poles- longitude lines
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Prime Meridian
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the line that is a refrence to all other lines of longitude- is designated at 0° runs through Greenich, England
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globe
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a round model of the Earth showing continents and oceans down to scale
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scale
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the size of an area on a map as compared with the areas actual size.
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distortion
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a misrepresentation of the true shape
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projection
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a representation of the Earths round surface on a flat piece of paper
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compass rose
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a map feature that usually shows the 4 cardinal directions
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cardinal directions
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One of the 4 directions; NOrth, South, East, or West.
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key
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the section of the map that explains the symbols on the map also called a legend
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grid
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a system used on maps to help locate places based on lat. and long. or letters and numbers
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Gerhardus Mercator
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created the first flat map to help sailors navigate. He expanded long. near poles
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Arthur Robinson
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created the most acurate map with least distortion.
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