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the smallest ocean

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Arctic Ocean

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the largest ocean

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Pacific Ocean

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second largest ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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warmest ocean

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Indian Ocean

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a portion of the ocean that is enclosed or partly enclosed by land

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sea

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a smaller river that flows into a larger one

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tributary

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land formed at the mouth of a river by deposited silt

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delta

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a river and its tributaries

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river system

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starting point of a river

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source

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land drained by a river and its tributaries

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river basin

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point at which a river empties into another body of water

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mouth

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longest river on Earth

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The Nile

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river that carries more water than any other river

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Amazon river

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source of the White Nile

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Lake Victoria

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source of the Blue Nile

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Lake Tana

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largest dam on the Nile

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Aswan High Dam

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narrow body of water that connects an enclosed sea with a larger body of water

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strait

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planet nearest Earth

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Venus

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planet that has a rust color

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Mars

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planets that have rings

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Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus

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planet nearest the sun

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Mercury

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planet that is called “the Blue Planet”

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Earth

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planet that looks bluish green because of methane

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Neptune, Uranus

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planet that has a surface covered with rock and methane ice

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Pluto

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largest planet

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Jupiter

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planet that regularly exchange places as the planet farthest from the sun

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Pluto, Neptune

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The ____ known point on Earth is in the ______ in the Pacific Ocean

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deepest; Mariana Trench

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Because they are part of the ____, all seas are ____

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ocean; salty

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Both the ____ Sea and the ____ Sea are actually lakes

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Caspian; Dead

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30
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The ____ Sea has always been historically significant

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Mediterranean

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A ____ is usually more enclosed, generally larger, and usually has a more narrow mouth than a ____, but both make excellent ____

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gulf; bay; harbor

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The ____ River is surrounded by the largest tropical rain forest on Earth

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Amazon

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Only Earth has the proper ____, ____ range, and sufficient quantities of ____ to sustain life as we know it

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atmosphere; temperature; water

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Why is Earth called the Blue Planet?

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because the water makes the planet appear blue when viewed from space

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State the geographers’ definition of a sea

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portion of the ocean that is enclosed or partly enclosed by land

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In relation to ____, seas may be ____, ____, or _____

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oceans they join ;enclosed; partly enclosed; not enclosed

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In some areas, a ______ acts as a line of demarcation between an ocean and a sea

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group of islands

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Two reasons why the Middle East is a strategic location today

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  1. its vast oil reserves

2. its significance in Bible prophecy

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A strip of land that juts out into a lake or an ocean and is surrounded by water on three sides

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peninsula

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A point of land smaller than a peninsula that extends into a body of water

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cape

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land completely surrounded by water

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island

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an island cluster or chain

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archipelago

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a circular, ring-shaped coral island

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atoll

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formed by skeletons of coral polyps

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coral island

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narrow coastal island

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barrier island

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formed by volcanic eruptions

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oceanic island and volcanic mountain

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part of a large landmass at one time

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continental island

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the height of a landform in relation to sea level

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elevation

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all soil horizons in a specific area

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profile

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formed when magma crust pushes upward, surface rock is eroded, and hardened igneous rock is exposed

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dome mountain

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formed when crust shifted and broke into huge blocks that moved up or down

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fault-block mountain

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formed when plates slowly collide, wrinkle, and are pushed upward

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folded mountain

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elevation of at least 1,000 feet (300m)

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mountain

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elevation of less than 1,000 feet (300m)

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hill

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large area with level or slightly rolling land

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plain

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tableland

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plateau

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layer of solid rock underlying all soil

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bedrock

58
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ability of soil to supply nutrients to plants

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fertility

59
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horizontal layer of soil

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horizon

60
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____ and ____ are the only continents completely surrounded by water

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Antarctica; Australia

61
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____ and ____ have fewer mountains than other continents

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Africa; Australia

62
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____ is molten rock beneath Earth’s surface

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Magma

63
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____ is molten rock after it has erupted from the surface

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Lava

64
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The ____ is a plateau known as ____

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Pamir; “the roof of the world”

65
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The highest mountain are found in the ____

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Himalayas

66
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Name the four landforms on Earth

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  1. mountains
  2. hills
  3. plains
  4. plateaus
67
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Soil may be classified according to ____ or ____

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color; texture

68
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Loam is a combination of ____, ____, and ____

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sand; silt; clay

69
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Name the six horizons in order

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  1. O
  2. A
  3. E
  4. B
  5. C
  6. R
70
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The ____ is the land part of the Earth

A

lithosphere

71
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What is a sea?

A

a portion of the ocean that is enclosed or partly enclosed by land

72
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List three ways in which hills are formed

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  1. by a build up of rock and debris
  2. by sand deposits left by glaciers or wind
  3. when surrounding land is eroded away and elevated areas are left behind
73
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About ____ of Earth’s land area, as well as most of the ____, is covered with mountains

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20 percent; sea floor

74
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BIOTIC OR MINERAL

nonliving resources

A

mineral

75
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BIOTIC OR MINERAL

living resources

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biotic

76
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BIOTIC OR MINERAL

vegetation

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biotic

77
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BIOTIC OR MINERAL

metals

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mineral

78
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BIOTIC OR MINERAL

renewable

A

biotic

79
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BIOTIC OR MINERAL

nonrenewable

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biotic

80
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BIOTIC OR MINERAL

fossil fuels

A

mineral

81
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BIOTIC OR MINERAL

animals

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biotic

82
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savannas?

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tropical grasslands

83
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vegetation areas with rainy and dry seasons

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tropical grasslands

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vegetation areas with summer and winter seasons

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temperate grasslands

85
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vegetation in the far north

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arctic tundra

86
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vegetation at high elevations

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alpine tundra

87
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a combination of metals

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alloy

88
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What are fossil fuels?

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coal, petroleum, natural gas

89
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What is a map?

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a representation of all or part of Earth on a flat paper

90
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What explains the meaning of symbols and/or colors on the map?

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key and legends

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What relates distances on a map to actual distances?

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Map scale

92
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one half of Earth

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hemisphere

93
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the set of crisscrossed lines on a map

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grid

94
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annual rainfall between 10 and 30 inches

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grassland

95
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annual rainfall atleast 30 inches

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forest

96
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annual rainfall 10 inches

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xerophytic

97
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cold areas with short growing seasons

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tundra

98
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mosses, lichens, short grasses

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tundra

99
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cacti

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xerophytic

100
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trees that shade the ground

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forest

101
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grasses

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grassland

102
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____, ____, and ____ are factors that affect vegetation

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climate; soil fertility; topography

103
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Factors affecting animal life include ____ and ____

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climate; vegetation

104
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____ are nonrenewable resources because they were formed during and immediately after the Flood and the process are not occurring today

A

Fossil fuels

105
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Lines of ____ run north and south; lines of ____ run east and west

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longitude; latitude

106
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Latitude are numbered 0 degrees to __ degrees; longitudes from 0 degrees to __ degrees

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90; 180

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____ are lines of latitudes; are lines of longitudes

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parallels; meridians

108
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The ____ is at 0 degrees longitude; the ____ is at 0 degrees latitude

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prime meridian; equator

109
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Lines of ____ are just points at the poles

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latitude

110
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Lines of ____ are not parallel

A

longitude

111
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Each degree in a line of ____ represents 69 miles (111km) on Earth’s surface

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latitude

112
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The ____ map projection is the most commonly used projection

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cylindrical

113
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The ____ projection is a type of azimuthal projection especially useful to pilots because it represents a great circle

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gnomonic

114
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The ____ projection is often used to map areas around the poles

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azimuthal

115
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Made as though a cone of paper were placed on the globe with its point over one of the poles

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conic projection

116
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Made as though a piece of paper were wrapped around the globe

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cylindrical projection

117
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Made as though paper were laid directly over a particular point on the globe

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azimuthal projection

118
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Only about 3% of the water on Earth is ____, and less than 1/3 of that is in a liquid or a vapor state

A

fresh

119
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A ____ joins enclosed seas with an ocean

A

strait

120
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More than half of the world’s population lives on ____, which cover about 55% of the Earth’s surface

A

plains

121
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A ____ often has an escarpment at its edge

A

plateau

122
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The ____ divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres; 20 W ____ and 160 E ____

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equator; meridian; meridian

123
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All flat maps are ____ in some way because it is not possible to draw a sphere accurately on a flat piece of paper

A

distorted

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