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Ch 1 And Ch 2 Review 1/20/14 Flashcards

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1
Q

Name the cardinal directions

A

north, east, south, west

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2
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Latitude lines aka

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parallels

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3
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longitude lines aka

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meridians

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4
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the exact address of any place on earth

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absolute location

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5
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has a unifying human or physical feature such as population history, climate or landforms

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region

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6
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human and physical features at a specific location

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place

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7
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how people, goods, ideas get from one place to another

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movement

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8
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location of a place relative to another place

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relative location

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9
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how people affect their environment or their natural surroundings and how their environment affects them

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Human-Environment Interaction

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10
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relative size

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scale

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11
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loss of accuracy

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distortion

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12
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method of mapping Earth on a flat surface

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projection

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13
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a projection that makes areas near the poles look bigger than they are

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Mercator Map

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14
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The best work map projection available today

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Robinson Projection

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15
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0 degrees longitude

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Prime Meridian

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16
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0 degrees latitude

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Equator

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17
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latitude lines help determine our

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seasons

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18
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longitude line help label our

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time zones

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19
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longitude lines run

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north and south

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20
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latitude lines run

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east to west

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21
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how far is the earth from the sun?

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93 million miles

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22
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name of our galaxy?

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Milky Way Galaxy

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23
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how long does a complete rotation of earth take?

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23 hrs and 56 min

24
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circular motion around an object

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revolution

25
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the sun is directly above the tropic of cancer and the arctic sun never sets. Northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

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summer solstice

26
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low latitudes

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tropics

27
Q

thick hot rocky layer around the core

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mantle

28
Q

sphere of very hot metal at the center of the earth

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core

29
Q

the thin layer of rocks and minerals that surround the mantle

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crust

30
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land forms that rise more than 2000 ft above sea level or the surrounding flatlands

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mountains

31
Q

how much water is on earth?

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70% of earth”s surface is water

32
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soft nearly molten rock

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magma

33
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the removal of small pieces of rock by water ice or winds

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erosion

34
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surrounds the plate that makes up the pacific ocean

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Ring of fire

35
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the place where that plates rub together

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faults

36
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the one huge continent

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pangaea

37
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a process that breaks rocks down into tiny pieces

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weathering

38
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water that falls to the ground as rain sleet hail or snow

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precipitation

39
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how hot or cold the air is

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temperature

40
Q

the average temperature over many years of a place

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climate

41
Q

helps distribute earth”s heat and shape climates

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oceans

42
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warm water flows away from the equator and cold water moves closer to the equator

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flow of the ocean

43
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they circle earth in time with earth”s rotation stands for geostationary operational environmental satellites

A

GOES

44
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plants that grow in a region

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vegetation

45
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climates that are cold all year long

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polar climates

46
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an area near the arctic circle of cold climate and low lying vegetation

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tundra

47
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a park-like landscape of grass lands with scattered trees

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savanna

48
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trees that produce cones that carry seeds

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coniferous trees

49
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trees that lose their leaves in the fall

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deciduous trees

50
Q

An extensive area of level land of low altitude- less than 500 ft

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Plains

51
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A level area on top of an elevated land area

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Plateau

52
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A narrow strip of land joining two large areas

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Isthmus

53
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A stretch of land almost all surrounded by water

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Peninsula

54
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Chain of islands

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Archipelago

55
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An arrow stretch of sea connecting two extensive areas of sea

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Strait

56
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A large bay,an extensive inlet penetrating into land

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Gulf

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