| A | B |
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| Conic Projection | used to produce maps of small areas |
| Mercator Projection | correct shapes of continents, areas distorted near teh poles |
| Robinson Projection | accurate continent shapes, more accurate land areas |
| topographic map | models the changes in elevation of Earth's surface |
| contour lines | lines on a map that connect points of equal elevation |
| index contours | contour lines that are marked with their elevation |
| map scale | relationship between the distances on the map and distances on Earth's surface |
| map legend | explains what the symbols used on a map mean |
| equator | imaginary line around Earth halfway between N and S poles |
| latitude | parallels, measures distances north or south of the equator |
| longitude | meridian, measures distances east or west of the prime meridian |
| Prime Meridian | line of longitude that run through Greenwich, England |
| plains | large, flat areas often good for agriculture |
| coastal plains | often called a lowland, exposed portion of a continental shelf |
| interior plains | central portion of the US, between mountain ranges |
| plateau | flat, raised areas of land, made up of horizontal rocks |
| folded mountain | folded rock layers: Appalachian, Rocky |
| upwarped mountain | formed when blocks of Earth's crust are pushed up: Adirondack, Black Hills |
| fault-block | huge, tilted blocks of rock separated from surrounding rock by faults: Grand Tetons, Sierra Nevada |
| volcanic mountain | formed when molten material reaches the surface through a weak area of the crust: Mt. St. Helens, Hawaiian Islands |
