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100

A rounded landform that rises above its surroundings

What is a hill?

100
The imaginary lines measuring East and West of the Prime Meridian

What is longitude?


100

Imaginary lines that measure North and South of the Equator

What are latitude?

100

When plates collide and push the earth up

What are mountains?

100

A narrow passage of water that connects two larger bodies of water

What is a strait?

200

A landform formed by the eruption of molten rock, gasses, and ash

What is a volcano?

200

A landform characterized by considerable height and an elevated peak?

What is a mountain?

200

The meridian measuring zero degrees is

What is prime?

200

A piece of land almost completely surrounded by water (three sides)

What is a peninsula?

200
When plates rub against each other under the ocean

What are earthquakes?

300

A half of the earth is called a

What is a hemisphere?

300
PANGEA was a
What is a supercontinent?
300

Landform with a flat or gently sloping elevated area of land

What is a mesa?

300

The line of parallel measuring zero degrees is

What is equator

300

A piece of land completely surrounded by water

What is an island?

400

Fjords, lakes, bays, and valleys can all be results of this type of activity

What are glacial?

400

A large, flat or gently rolling area of land with grasses and a few trees and low-lying vegetation

What is a plain/prairie?

400

A fan shaped deposit of sediment found at the mouth of a river, where it meets water

What is a delta?

400

A low-lying area of land between two higher elevations

What is a valley?

400
The theory that describes the movement of our continents is called

What is plate tectonics?

500

 A two-dimensional depiction of our three-dimensional globe is

What is a map?

500

A body of water that is smaller than an ocean, sometimes an "arm" of the ocean

What is a sea?

500

A large body of slow-moving ice formed from compacted snow

What is a glacier?

500
The wearing away of material

What is erosion?

500
A narrow piece of land connecting two large pieces of land

What is an isthmus?

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