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| shapes that make up the surface of Earth |
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| large area of nearly flat land |
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| the study of Earth including the way people, plants, and animals live and use the land |
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| an imaginary line that people agree on that divides one place from another |
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| a large area that rises steeply above surrounding land |
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| A period of time when Earth was much colder than it is today. |
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| a huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land |
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| a line of low hills formed by the rocks pushed at the front of a glacier |
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the mix of soil and rocks dropped by a glacier
(till makes soil fertile) |
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a smoothly rounded hill formed by a melting glacier
(looks like an egg sliced in half along its length) |
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| the height of land above sea level |
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| the moving of goods or people from one place to another |
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| the place where a river begins |
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| the place where a river empties into an ocean, a lake, or a larger river |
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| any river that flows into another, larger river |
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| the land next to an ocean or a large lake |
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| a part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into land |
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| a sheltered place along a coast where boats can dock |
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| the condition of the air at a certain time in a certain place, including temperature, precipitation, and wind |
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| the pattern of weather of a certain place over many years |
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| a measurement of how hot or cold something is, often the air |
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| the moisture that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
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| a storm with very strong winds and heavy rain |
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| a snowstorm with very strong winds |
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| the low land between hills or mountains, often with a river at the bottom |
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