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100
Large, relatively flat landforms.
What is plateau?
100
Landforms made of huge tilted rocks separated from surrounding rocks.
What is fault-block mountains?
100
Imaginary lines showing location east and west of the prime meridian.
What is longitude?
100
Map projection that shows the correct shapes of continents but distorts their areas.
What is Mercator projection?
100
Technology used to measure sound waves.
What is sonar?
200
Landforms formed when rock layers are squeezed together and buckle.
What is folded mountains?
200
Coastal plains are also referred to as_________________.
What is lowlands?
200
0 degree longitude.
What is prime meridian?
200
A map showing lines of equal elevation.
What is topographic map?
200
Technology using 16 sonar devices to gather depth reading of the ocean floor.
What is Sea Beam?
300
Cone-shaped landforms made of layers of molten rock.
What is volcanic mountains?
300
Landforms formed by molten material are ______________ mountains.
What is volcanic?
300
Imaginary lines showing location north and south of the equator.
What is latitude?
300
Map projection showing accurate shapes and land areas of continents.
What is Robinson projection?
300
The United States classified Sea Beam maps as secret to prevent enemy submarines from navigating ____________________.
What is American coastal waters?
400
Landforms formed by forces pushing up Earth's crust.
What is upwarped mountains?
400
An example of a raised, relatively flat area is/are the___________________________.
What is Colorado Plateau?
400
The 180 degree meridian.
What is International Date Line?
400
Projection useful for showing small areas accurately.
What is conic projection?
400
To confuse their enemies, early Romans intentionally distorted maps to show their empire ____________________ it was.
What is larger than?
500
Relatively flat raised landforms.
What is plateaus?
500
Meridians meet here.
What is poles?
500
Imaginary line circling Earth halfway between the poles.
What is equator?
500
The difference in elevation between side-by-side contour lines.
What is contour interval?
500
To confuse___________________, a country might mislocate land features on a map.
What is spies?