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| GPS | a satellite based navigation system that allows users to determine their exact position on Earth |
| fault blcok mountains | landforms made of huge, tilted blocks of rocks that are separated from surrounding rocks by faults |
| landsat | refers to the use of radar waves to make maps of earth |
| lowlands | coastal plains are also called this |
| longitude | used to determine distance in degrees east and west |
| volcanic | the hawaiian islands are this kind of mountain that sit on the ocean floor |
| contour | areas of equal elevation are connceted by ______________lines on a map |
| latitude and longitude | used to determine an exact locatioin on a map |
| Plateau | an example of a raised flat area |
| conic | a road map is drawn using a ____projection |
| latitude | distances north and south of the equator are measured in degrees of _____ |
| longitude | distances east and west of the prime meridian are measured in degrees of _____ |
| longitude | distances in degrees east or west of the prime meridian |
| plains | large, flat areas of land |
| map legend | explains what the symbols used on the map mean |
| folded mountains | landforms created when rock layers are squeezed from opposite sides and buckle |
| mercator projection | map projection that has correct shapes of continents, but their areas are distorted |
| volcanic mountains | cone shaped structures made made whe molten material reaches the surface through a wweak area of the crust and piles up in layers |
| topographic map | shows the changes in elevation of earths surface |
| remote sensing | a way of collecting information about earth from a distance |
| upwarped mountains | landforms created when crust is pushed up by forces inside earth |
| plateaus | flat, raised areas of land |
| prime meridian | the line that represents zero degrees longitude |
| robinson projection | map projection that has nearly accurate shpaes and shows nearly accurate land areas |
| latitude | the distance in degrees either north or south of the equator |
| interational date line | the transition line for calendar days |
| conic projection | map projection used to produce maps of small areas |
| contour interval | the difference in elevation between two dise by side countour lines |
| map scale | shows the relationship between the map distances and actual distances of earths surface |
| equator | an imaginary line that circles earth halfway between the north and south poles |
| contour line | a line on a map that connects points of equal elevation |
| remote sensing | a way of collecting information about earth from a distance |
