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WCHS Geog. & History A - Chapters 1-3

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show a fracture in the earth's crust  
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show weathering process that creates smaller and smaller pieces of rock, very fine particles of rock  
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hurricane   show
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equator   show
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show winds that blow warm water to the lands on the western Pacific rim, brings dry weather to Americans; Winds that blow over the Pacific ocean, brings heavy rains to North America  
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show the typical weather conditions at a particular location as observed over time  
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show broadleaf trees, such as maple, oak, birch and cottonwood  
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tectonic plates   show
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mechanical weathering   show
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show a way to measure information colllected by seisographs to determine the relative strength of an earthquake  
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show the transfer of heat in the atmoshpere by upward motion of the air  
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show the exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found  
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show a flat treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean, the climate region of the Arctic Ocean  
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show needleleaf trees, such as pine, fir, cedar  
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physical weathering   show
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glaciation   show
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permafrost   show
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show the layer of gases released by the burning ocal and pertoleum that traps solar energy, causing global temperature to increase  
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show the ecosystem of a region; divided into forest, grassland, desert, and tundra  
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show describes a place in comparison to other places around it.  
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savana   show
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show occurs when rock is changed into a new substance as a result of interaction between elements in the air or water and the minerals in the rock.  
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show a device that measures the size of waves created by an earthquake  
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show a nearly continuous belt of evergreen coniferous forest across the Northern Hemishpere, in North America and Eurasia  
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longitude lines   show
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show a way of drawing the earth's surface that reduces distortion caused by presenting a round earth on flat paper  
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show the hypothesis that all continents were once joined into a supercontinent that split apart over millions of years  
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tsunami   show
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show land on the leaward side of the mountain. it gets very little rain from the descending dry air  
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chaparral   show
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latitude lines   show
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globe   show
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show hot molten rock, can form in the mantle and rise through the crust  
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show a zone around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, is the location of the vast majority of active volcanoes  
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show an organic material in soil  
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show a powerful funnel-shaped column of spiraling air  
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show the imaginary line dividing the earth east and west  
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show the set of imaginary lines that divide the earth in to two equal halves, either north and south or east and west  
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show a general reference map that is a representation of natural and manmade features on the earth  
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