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uNIT 4 ch6 list 1
8th grade Science Chapter 6 WORD LIST 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plain | large, flat landform that often this thick, fertile soil and is usually found int he interior reign of a continent |
| plateau | flat, raised landform made up of nearly horizontal rocks that have been uplifted |
| folded mountains | mountains formed when blocks of the earths crust or pushed up by forces inside Earth |
| fault-block mountain | Mountains formed from a huge , tilted blocks of rock that are separated from surrounding rocks by faults |
| volcanic mountain | mountains formed when molten material reaches Earths surface through a weak crustal area and piles up into a cone shaped structure |
| equatror | imaginary line that wraps around Earth at 0 degrees latitude, halfway between the north and south poles |
| latitude | distance in degrees north or south of the equator |
| prime meridian | imaginary line that represents 0 degrees longitude and runs from the north pole through Greenwich, England, to the South Pole |
| longitude | distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian |
| conic projection | map made by projection points and lines from a globe onto a cone |
| topographic map | map that shows the changes in elevation of Earths surface and indicates such features as roads and cities |
| Contour line | line on map that connects points of equal elevation |
| map scale | relationship between distances on a map and distances on Earths surface that can be represented as a ratio or a small ar divided into sections |
| map legend | Explains the meaning of symbols used on a map |
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