special lines of latitude
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| north pole | 90 degrees N
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| arctic circle | 66 1/2 degrees N
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| tropic of cancer | 23 1/2 degrees N
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| equator | 0 degrees latitude
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| tropic of capricorn | 23 1/2 degrees S
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| antarctic circle | 66 1/2 degrees S
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| south pole | 90 degrees S
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| prime meridian | 0 degrees longitude
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| weathing | is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earths surface. Water, ice, acids, salt, plants, animals, and changes in temperature are all agents of weathering
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| sediment | a small pieces of rock produced by weathering
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| loess | wind-blown silt and clay sediment that produces very fertile soil
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| glacier | a large ,long-lasting mass of ice that move because of gravity
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| glacition | the change of landforms by slowly moving glaciers
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| moriane | a ridge or hill of rock carried and finally deposited by glacier
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| humus | a organic material in soil
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| mechanical weathering | natural processes that break rock ito smaller pieces
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| chemical weathering | the erosion or disintegration of rocks, building materials, etc., caused by chemical reactions
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| erosion | the process by which rock or soil is gradually destroyed by wind, rain, or the sea
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| delta | an area of low land where a river spreads into many smaller rivers near the sea
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