Vocab And States Flashcards
A method of mining that takes the top layer of soil off to expose mineral deposits that are near the the surface of the earth rather than dig a deep min shaft.
Strip mining
A place along the turnpike that you can stop to eat or rest without exiting the turnpike.
Service plaza
Represent places and things located on the map
Symbols
The place where glaciers stopped depositing rocks and soil.
Terminal moraine
Maps that represent a certain idea or topic about an area.
Thematic maps
The central and southwestern part of Ohio.
Till plains
On a map it tells the reader what the map is describing.
Title
The land on either side of the canal that was used as a path for the horses and oxen to pull the canal boats.
Towpath
A group of related people living and sharing a common culture.
Tribe
A stream which flows into another stream.
Tributary
Southeastern region of Ohio that was not covered by glaciers.
Unglaciated Appalachian plateau
Direction form which a stream is flowing.
Upstream
Land between hills or mountains usually containing a stream.
Valleys
Reports issued by the national weather service people to take action for safety.
Warnings
Reports issued by the national weather service to keep checking for threatening weather.
Watches
The minute by minute conditions of temperature, humidity,wind direction and speed at a certain location.
Weather
A small pie shaped piece of land.
Lexington plain
How Far East and west a place is from the prime meridian.
Longitude
Drawings that represent what is on the surface of the different areas.
Maps
A natural resource taken from the earth that is made from neither plants or animals.
Mineral resources
The ridge of land that separates the rivers flowing north from the rivers flowing south.
Ohio divided
Identify all of the land and water features of an area.
Physical maps
Boundary lines and the names of the cities, counties, states, country’s or continents represented on a map.
Political map
A large,level,or nearly level area of elevated land.
Plateau
The name of the line of longitude that runs through green which,England, near London.
Prime meridian
Moisture that the earth receives in the form of rain,sleet,hail,or snow
Precipitation
The place you are starting from before going to the next place.
Reference point
A place where stone is excavated.
Quarried
The process of turning petroleum other products such as gasoline, kerosene,and lubricants.
Refining
A large stream of water of natural origin, which drains an area of land and flows into another River or body of water.
River
Compares distance on the map with distance in the real world.
Scale
