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The __________ of an area is the difference in the height between its highest and lowest point
What is relief
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The Rocky Mountains have __________ relief and high elevations
What is high
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On a road map, the map _________ shows the symbol that represents a highway
What is key
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A ___________ is a landform with high elevations and more or less level surface
What is plateau
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A spherical model of Earth's entire surface is called a what?
What is globe
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The _________ circles Earth halfway between the North and South Poles
What is equator
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A group of mountains closely related in shape, structure, and age is a _____________
What is mountain range
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Lines of _________ run from north to south, meeting at the poles
What is longitude
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Latitude and Longitude are measured in ___________ , each of which rpresent 1/360 of the way around a full circle
What is degrees
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The ________________ is the difference in elevation between two contour lines that are side by side
What is contour interval
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Roads, rivers, airports, and woods are represented by different _____________ on a topographic map
What is symbols
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Each dot, or ________ , in a satellite image contains information about the color and brightness of a samll area on Earth's surface
What is Pixel
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A large area of land where the topography is similar is called what?
What is landform region
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A world map drawn using _____________ projection would correctly show the relative sizes of Earth's landmasses
What is equal-area projection
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On a topograhic map, points of equal elevation are connected by a what?
What is contour lines
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On a topographic map, V-shaped contour lines pointing ________ indicate a valley
What is uphill
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On a topograpic map, steep slopes are indicated by contour lines that are __________ spaced
What is closely
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The __________ of an area is determined by the area's elevation, relief, and landforms
What is topography
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The vast, flat or gently rolling grassland in the interior of North America is called the what?
What is Great Plains
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In the United States, many topographic maps have a ______________ of 1:24,000
What is scale
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The feature of a map that relates a distance on the map to a distance on Earth's surface is called the __________?
What is scale
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To locate positions on Earth's surface, scientists use units called ______________?
What is degrees
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Topographic maps have many uses in a. science and engineering b. business and government c. everyday life d. all of the above
What is all of the above
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An area's topography is determined by the area's elevation, relief, and _________?
What is landforms
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On a Mercaotr projections, Greenland appears larger than South America because
What is Mercator projections enlarge areas near the poles