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14 Cards in this Set
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A ____ ____ is the 0 degrees line of longitude that runs through Grenwich England.
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Prime Meridan
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A ____ region inclueds on central plance and surrounding areas affected by it.
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FUNCTIONAL
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What are rock layers that bend and buckle?
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folds
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The ___ location of Chicago is 42 degrees NORTH< 88 degrees West.
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ABSOLUTE
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The thick rock layer around the earths core is ?
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mantle
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The imaginary lines used to measure north and south of the Equator is called ?
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latitude
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Caves are formed by ____weathering.
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chemical
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Half the globe is called ?
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hemisphere
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What is the study of where people, places and things are located, the ways that different things relate to each other at specific places and the ways that places connect.
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GEOGRAPHY not GEOLOGY
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What theory says that earth's outer shell is not solid rock?
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plate techtonics
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The physical characteristics of a place inclued its _____ _______
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landforms and vegetation
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The customs, plitics and foods that make a place unique are called its
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human characteristics
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Movement that geographers talk about refers to?
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people goods and ideas
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______ is the force that propels the movement of earth's gigantic rock plates.
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Convection
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