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| profile | the side view of an areas landscape
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| profiles are created using | contour maps
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| latitude | angular distance north or south of the equator
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| in the northern hemisphere latitude can be found using | polaris
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| lines of latitude are also called... | parallels
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| latitudes run ____ to ______, but measure ___ and ____ | east, west, north, south
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| 23.5 degrees north | tropic of cancer
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| 23.5 degrees south | tropic of Capricorn
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| 66.5 degrees north | arctic circle
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| 66.5 degrees south | Antarctic circle
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| Polaris is also called the | north star
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| if polaris is 30 your latiude is | 30
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| if polaris is at 60 your latitude is | 60
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| field map | a region of space with a measurable quantity at every point
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| isolines | lines that connect points of equal value
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| isotherms | lines connecting equal points of temperature
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| isobars | lines connecting equal points of pressure
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| contours | lines connecting equal points of elevation
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| longitude | measurement of angular distance east or west of the prime meridian
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| international date line longitude | 180
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| prime meridian longitude | 0
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| lines of longitude are also called | meridians
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| earth spins | counter clockwise
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| too find longitude, know... | time difference between place and prime meridian
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| 1 hour later than prime meridian | 15 degrees east
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| relationship between time and longitude | west earlier, east later
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| degrees between time zones | 15
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| hours between time zones | 1
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| # of time zones | 24
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| maps of elevation fields | topographic maps
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| elevation | distance above sea level
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| index contour line | heavy numbered contour
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| depression contour lines are | special contour lines used to show a hole or crater
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| depression contour lines are represented with | hachure marks on the line
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| closer contour lines____ slope | steeper
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| on a stream the bends in the contour lines point | up stream
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