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30 Cards in this Set
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What is the Prime Meridian ?
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The Prime Meridian is the imaginary line that divides the earth into east and west.
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Which set of imaginary lines goes around the earth and over the poles ?
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Longitude Lines
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What are Longitude Lines ?
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Longitude lines go across the earth and over the north and south poles.
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What geographic tool is a 3-D model of the earth ?
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The globe
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What is the globe ?
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3-D model of the earth
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What imaginary line divides the earth into northern and southern halves ?
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Equator
Imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern halves. |
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What is the equator ?
Which term is used to describe the location of a geographic feature in relation to other nearby features ? |
Relative location
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What is relative location ?
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Term describing the location of a geographic feature to nearby features. Rivers are commonly used.
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Which term is used to name a drawing of the earth’s surface that reduces distortions that are cause be converting three dimensions into two dimensions ?
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Map projection.
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What is map projection ?
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Drawing of the earths surface into two dimensions.
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Which term is used to describe the exact place on earth at which a geographic feature is found ?
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Absolute location.
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What is absolute location ?
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Exact place on the earth. Longitude and Latitude.
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Which set of imaginary lines runs parallel to the equator ?
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Latitude Lines.
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What are the latitude lines ?
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Lines that runs parallel to the equator.
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What is the GOES system ?
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Way meteorologist can track storms.
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What is a regional ecosystem called ?
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Biome.
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What is Biome ?
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Biome is the regional ecosystem.
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What type of extreme weather occurs from warm air moving across warm ocean waters ?
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Hurricane.
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What is another name for trees that don’t have broad leaves ?
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Deciduous.
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What is a deciduous ?
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Name for trees that don’t have broad leaves.
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What term identifies flat, treeless area, such as that forming a ring around the Artic Ocean ?
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Tundra
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What is Tundra ?
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Flat area without trees around the Artic circle.
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What term identifies a dry, desert region containing drought resistance vegetation ?
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Chaparral
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What is a chaparral ?
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Dry region with deserts.
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What is another name for a needle leaf tree ?
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Coniferous.
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What is a prairie grassland in the tropical region called ?
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Savanna.
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A grassland or prairie in the northern hemisphere ?
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Steppe.
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What term refers to the creation of a new system to fulfill a societal need ?
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Innovation.
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What term refers to the average number of people that live in a square area ?
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Population density.
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What term refers to acceptance of a new idea ?
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Acculturation.
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