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Earth Facts
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The two explorers commissioned to explore the west
Who are Lewis and Clark
100
The point where all water runoff in the US is separated into Atlantic and Pacific watersheds
What is Continental Divide (GREAT)
100
The Landforms from Atlantic to Kansas
What are Atlantic coastal plain, peidmont plateau, appalachian mountains, appalachain plateau, central lowlands, great plains
100
0 degrees line of lattitude
What is equator
100
am/pm
What is ante meridian/post meridian: before the middle/after the middle
200
What does Pacific mean
What is calm
200
landforms from Kansas to Pacific
What are Great plains, rocky mountains,colorado plateau, great basin, costal ranges
200
0 degree line of Longitude
What is Prime Meridian
200
Earth's approx. diameter, radius, and circumference, rotational rate, respectively
What is 8,000 mi, 4,000 mi, and 24,000 mi., 1,000 mph
300
A location's point above or below sea level is known as its
What is elevation
300
Flat land NOT near an ocean
What is interior plain
300
What is the mountain range called in West Virginia, and Georgia, repectively?
What is Blue Ridge, Great Smokey
300
The lines on a topographical map are called
What is contour
300
Earths approx orbital speed in miles per seconds or hours
What is 19 mps, 65-70 thousand mph
400
The river associated with Lewis and Clark
What is Mississippi
400
Landform with high elevation and level surface
What is plateau
400
What other coastal plain is in the US besides the Atlantic
What is Gulf
400
The unit used as a scale between lines on a topo map
What is contour interval
400
Age of earth, average ocean depth, scientific term for crust
What is 4,600,000,000 yrs, 3 mi, lithosphere
500
The river associated with Lewis and Clark
What is Mississippi
500
The difference between the lowest and highest elevation measurements
What is relief
500
Connected mountain chains like the Appalachains and Rockys are known as Mountain_____
What is Belts
500
The lines that meaure distance east to west of pm, the lines that measure distance north and south of equator respectively
What is longitude, lattitude
500
Respective terms for plates coming together, moving apart, or sliding sideways agains eachother
convergent, divergent, transversal