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What is a flat, low land built up from soil carried downstream by a river, and deposited at its mouth?
Delta
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What is a narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas?
Isthmus
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Place where a river empties into a larger body of water
Mouth of a river
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Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three sides by water
Peninsula
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Area of level land, usually at low elevation and often covered with grasses
Plain
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Area of flat or rolling land at high elevation, about 300 to 3000 feet high
Plateau
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Small stream or river that flows into a large river or stream
Tributary
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Low land between hills or mountains
Valley
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A relative location
Situation
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A Precise, absolute location
Site
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A long, dry period with no rain
Drought
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The branch of geography that specializes in weather and weather forecasting
Meteorology
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The branch of geography that includes mapmaking
Cartography
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Why has the Sahara spread southward?
Drought and overgrazing
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If you lived in the Southern Hemisphere, which position in the diagram would show the Earth at?
Winter and Summer are opposite and Fall and Spring are opposite (Ex: Winter-position 1, Spring-position 2, Summer-position 3, and Fall-position 4 then the answer would be winter=3, spring=4, summer=1, and fall=2)
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The spinning of the earth on its axis
Rotation
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The movement of the earth around the sun
revolution
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A body that orbits a larger body
Satellite
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The time of year at which the earth's axis is not pointed toward or away from the sun
Equinox
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The time of year at which the earth's axis points at its greatest angle toward or away from the sun
Solstice
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The center of the solar system is
The sun
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The rotation of the earth creates
Night and Day
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During an equinox
Both hemispheres receive an equal amount of sunlight
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What's the difference between the lithosphere and the hydrosphere?
The lithosphere is the surface of the planet that forms the continents and ocean floor. The Hydrosphere is the water on the planet.
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A deep, narrow valley with steep walls
Canyon
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Body of land completely surrounded by water
Island
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The sun is the center of the
Universe
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Day and night are caused by the ________ of the earth on its axis.
Rotation
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