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19 Cards in this Set
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Environment
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all of the surrounding and conditions that affect living things, such a water, soil, and air
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Orbit
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the path followed by an object in space as it moves around another; such as that of Earth as it moves around the sun
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Revolution
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one complete orbit of the Earth around the sun; the Earth completes one revolution every 365.25 days or one year
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Axis
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an imaginary line around which a planet turns; the Earth turns around an axis which runs between its North and South poles
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Rotation
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the spinning motion of Earth, like a top on its axis; Earth take about 24 hours to rotate one time
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Latitude
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an imaginary line, also called a parallel, that circles the Earth parallel to the Equator; used to measure a distance north or south of the Equator in degrees
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Low Latitudes
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the region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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High Latitudes
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the regions between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole and the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole
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Middle Latitudes
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the regions between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle
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Geography
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the study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between place, the relationships between people and their environment
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Parallel
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in geography, any of the imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator; a latitude line
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Degree
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a unit of measure used to determine absolute location; on globes and maps, latitude and longitude are measured in degrees
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Longitude
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an imaginary line, also called a meridian, that runs north and south from one pole to another; used to measure a distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
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Meridian
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an imaginary line that circles the globe from north to south through both the North and South poles; the lines of longitude on maps or globes are meridians
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Prime Meridian
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an imaginary line of longitude, or meridian, that runs from the North Poles the the South Poles through Greenwich, England; it is designated 0 degree longitude and is used as a reference point from which east and west lines of longitude are measured
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Globe
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a round model of the Earth that shows the continents and oceans in their true shapes
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Scale
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the size of an area on a map compared with the area's actual size
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Distortion
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a misrepresentation of the true shape; each map projection used by cartographer produces some distortion
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Projection
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a representation of the Earth's rounded surface on a flat piece of paper
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