history terms 2 Flashcards
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Distortion
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Loss of accuracy
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Scale
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Relative size
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Graphic information system
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Computer-based systems that provide information about locations
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Projection
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A way to map Earth on a flat surface
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Compass rose
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A diagram of a compass showing
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Key
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The section of a map that explains the symbols and colors on the map
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Orbit
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The path one body makes as it circles around another
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Revolution
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Circular motion
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Axis
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An imaginary line through Earth between north and south poles, around which Earth turns
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Rotation
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A complete turn
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Core
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The sphere of very hot metal at the center of earth
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Mantle
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The thick layer around earths core
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Crust
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The thin rocky layer on earths surface
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Magma
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Soft nearly molten rock
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Plate
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A huge block of earths crust
