Test 1098 Flashcards

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Largest ocean?

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Pacific

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The smallest ocean?

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Arctic Ocean

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Coldest ocean?

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Arctic

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Peaceful ocean?

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Pacific

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Warmest ocean?

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Indian Ocean

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Deepest point on Earth?

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The Mariana Trench

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What is a sea?

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

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What is archipelago?

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An island cluster or chain

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What is an atoll?

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A circular, ring shaped coral island

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What is a barrier island?

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Narrow coastal island

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What is bedrock?

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Later of solid rock underlying all soil

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What is a cape?

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Point of land smaller than a peninsula that extends into a body of water

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What is a continental island?

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Part of a large landmass at one time

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What is a coral island?

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Formed by skeletons of coral polyps

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What is a hill?

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Elevation of less than 1000 feet

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What is an island?

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Land completely surrounded by water

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What is a mountain?

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Elevation of at least 1000

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What is an oceanic island?

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Formed by volcanic eruptions

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What is a plain?

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Large area with level or slightly rolling land

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What is a plateau?

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Stands above the surrounding country on at least one side

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What is a dome mountain?

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Formed by magma crust pushes upward, surface rock is eroded, and hardened igneous rock is exposed

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What is a fault-block mountain?

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Formed when crust shifted and bike into huge blocks that moved up and down

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What is fertility?

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Ability of soil to supply nutrients to plants

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What is a folded mountain ?

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Formed when plates slowly collide or wrinkle

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What is a horizon?
Horizontal layer of soil
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What is a profile?
All soil horizons in a specific area
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What is a volcanic mtn?
Formed by volcanic eruptions
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What is the land drained by a river and it's tributaries?
River basin
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What does a river and its tributaries form?
River system
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What joins enclosed seas with an ocean?
A strait
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Less enclosed, smaller, and usually has a wider mouth?
A bay
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What make excellent harbors?
A bay and a gulf
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The _____ of a river is its starting point
The source
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It's ______ is the point where it empties into another body of water
Mouth
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The height of any landform in relation to sea level?
Elevation
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Often has escarpment at its edge?
Plateau
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Classified according to color and texture ?
Soil
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Why are all flat maps distorted?
You can't accurately draw it on a flat piece of paper
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What is a sea?
A enclosed or partly enclosed body of water from the ocean
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What is a strait?
Joins enclosed seas with an ocean
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What is a bay?
Less enclosed, smaller, and usually has a wider mouth
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What is a river basin?
Land drained by a river and its tributaries
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Land drained by a river and its tributaries ??
River basin
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What is a delta?
Land formed at the mouth of a river by silt and soil
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Land formed at the mouth of a river by silt and soil
Delta
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The longest river?
The Nile
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River that carries the most water?
The Amazon River
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What is elevation ?
The height of any landform at sea level
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The highest mountains
Himalayas
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Numbered from 0 to 180 degrees ?
Longitude
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Numbered from 0 to 90 degrees ??
Latitude
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0 degrees at the equator
Latitude
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0 degrees at the prime meridian
Longitude
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North and south?
Longitude
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East and west
Latitude
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Meridians
Longitude
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Parallels
Latitude