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1
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__________ location–The exact location (latitude and longitude)

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Absolute

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_________ location–The general area where something is or how its location compares to other location

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Relative

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An area with common features

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Region

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What are regions?

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Places with common features that makes it different than surrounding areas

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How are regions defined?

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They are defined by their physical and human characteristics

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When does each 24-hour day begin?

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With the International Date Line

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Before 1884 the time depended on the place.

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True

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In most cases a time zone to the west of another would have _______.

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An earlier time

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TODALSIGS - what is T

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Title

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TODALSIGS - what is O

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Orientation

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TODALSIGS - what is D

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Date

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TODALSIGS - what is A

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Author

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TODALSIGS - what is L

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Legend/Key

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TODALSIGS - what is the 1st S

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Scale

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TODALSIGS - what is I

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Index

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16
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TODALSIGS - what is G

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Grid

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17
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TODALSIGS - what is the 2nd S

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Source

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18
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Latitude lines are also called what?

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Parallels

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19
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Latitude lines run ______ and measure ________.

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East west

North south

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20
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Longitude lines run ______ and measure ________.

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North south

East west

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21
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Longitude lines are also called what?

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Meridians

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22
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The Equator is what?

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0 latitude

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23
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The Prime Meridian is what

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0 longitude

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24
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The International Date Line is where

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Parallel to the Prime Meridian at 180

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25
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What does a geographer do?

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They study the physical and human geographic characteristics

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Geo=

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Land

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Morph=

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Change

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Ology=

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Study of

29
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Geomorphology

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The study of the Earth’s landforms and the changes to those forms

30
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  • Made up from the Earths crust and the solid upper mantle

* Broken into a number of tectonic plates

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Lithosphere

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Landforms

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The natural shape of the land–mountains, mountain ranges, plains, hills, plateaus, etc.

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Slope

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How steep the line of the land is

33
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Relief

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The difference between the highest and lowest points

34
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Elevation

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Height above or depth below sea level

35
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Where a place is

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Location

36
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What are the highest and lowest points on Earth?

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Mt. Everest and The Mariana Trench

37
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Topographic maps are a representation of the _____ and _____ of an area

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  • Relief

* Elevation

38
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Using slope, relief, and elevation we can define the 4 basic landforms which are?

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  • Mountains
  • Plains
  • Hills
  • Plateaus
39
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Tectonic Forces

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Forces from within the Earth building up or raising up of the Earth

40
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According to the ________ ______ _______, the super-continent Pangea began to break up about 225-200 million years ago, eventually fragmenting into the continents as we know them today.

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Continental Drift Theory

41
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What are the 3 types of landforms?

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  • Tectonic
  • Gradational
  • Volcanic
42
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Tectonic landforms

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Along fault lines you have mountains, valleys, and Trenches

43
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What are the 4 landforms formed by a volcanic landform?

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  • volcanoes
  • calderas
  • islands
  • cinder cones
44
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What is a caldera?

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A large depression formed from the collapse or explosion of part of a volcano

45
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What is a cinder cone?

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Small, hill-sized volcanoes that form quickly around volcanic vents

46
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What are the 4 ways a Gradational landform can be made?

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  • running water
  • wind
  • glaciers
  • waves/currents
47
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What 7 kinds of landforms does running water make?

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  • valleys
  • canyons
  • badlands
  • floodplains
  • oxbow lakes
  • levees
  • deltas
48
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What is a badland?

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Dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and soil have been extensively eroded by wind and water

49
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What is a floodplain?

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Flat area where a river may flood

50
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What 2 kinds of landforms does wind make?

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  • dunes

* loess

51
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What is a loess?

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A formation of wind-deposited sediment

52
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What 3 kinds of landforms does a glacier make?

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  • rock formations
  • lakes
  • fjord
53
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What is a fjord?

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Long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs

54
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What 5 kinds of landforms do waves/currents make?

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  • beaches
  • sea caves and crevices
  • barrier islands
  • reef
  • lagoon
55
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What is a barrier island?

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A long, narrow island parallel to the mainland, built up by the action of waves and currents; protects coast from erosion

56
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What is a reef?

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Rock, sandbar, or other features lying beneath the surface of the water near the shore

57
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What is a lagoon?

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Shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs

58
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When a hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

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Direct Rays

59
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When a hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

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Indirect Rays

60
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What does the rotation of the Earth cause?

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Day and Night

61
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What does the revolution of the Earth cause?

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Years

62
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What is one of the two days when the Sun’s direct rays fall directly on the equator, resulting in an almost equal day and night called?

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Equinox

63
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What is one of the two days on which the sun’s rays strike directly on the Tropics of Cancer or Capricorn, resulting in the longest and shortest days of the year called?

A

Solstice

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