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Geoscience Vocab Flashcards

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Coordinates

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A numerical system system of navigation involving longitude and latitude

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Equator

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The circle around the middle of the world

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Field

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An open land, especially one planted with crops

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Gradient

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The rate at which a field changes

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5
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International date line

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The 180 degrees meridian

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Isolines

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Lines connecting points of equal field value

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Isosurfaces

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Surfaces on which every point has the same field value

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Landform

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Physical features of earths surface that have a characteristic shape and are produced by natural processes

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Landscape

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A region in which the land-forms are related by their structure

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Landscape region

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A grouping of landscapes with similar relief

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Latitude

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The angular distance north or south of the equator

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Longitude

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East and west

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Map

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A representation of the earth on paper

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Map scale

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The ratio between distance on a map and actual distance on a map and actual distance on the ground

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Meridian

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Semicircles on which all points have the same longitude

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Parallels

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Circles on which all points have the same latitude north or south of the equator

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Plain

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A flat area at low elevation

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Plateau

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A large flat region with an elevation

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Prime meridian

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The zero point on a map

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Profile

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What a cross section of the land between two points would look like viewed from the side

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Time zone

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A region in which the same time is used throughout

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Topographic map

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A field map in which the field value is elevation above sea level

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Contour interval

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The vertical distance between the elevations represented by adjacent contour lines on a map

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