Term | Definition |
1 Geography | The study of the earths surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between places, |
2 GIS | A Geographic information system, which uses computer technology to collect and and analyze data about the earths surface in order to solve geographic problems. |
3 Absolute Location | The position on earth in which a p;ace can be found. |
4 Hemispere | A half of the earth the equator divides the northern and southern hemispheres the prime meridian divides the eastern and western hemisphers |
5 Relative location | The position of a place in a relation to another place. |
6 Character of a place | the physical and human characteristics that help to distinguish a p;ace from other places |
7 Perception | All the forms of water that fall to earth from the atmosphere, including rain and snow. |
8 Formal region | A group of places that have similar attributes,for example,a political region. |
9 Function Region | A group of places connecred by movement,for example,the region drained by the amazon river and its tributaries. |
10 Perceptual Region | A group of places that is defined by peoples feelings and attitudes. |
11 Core | The earths center, consisting of the cery hot metal that is dense and solid in the inner core and molter, or liquid, in the outer core. |
12 Mantle | A thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath the earths crest that surrounds the earths core. |
13 Crust | The solid,rock,surface layer of the earth. |
14 Lithosphere | The surface features of the earth, including soil, rock, and landforms |
15 Atmosphere | The layer of gases, water caper, and other substances above the earth. |
16 Hydrosphere | The water contained in oceans, lakes rivers, and under the ground. |
17 Biosphere | The world of plants, animals, and other living thinks in earth's land and water. |
18 Continent | any of the seven large landmasses of the earth's surface: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. |
19 Relief | The differences in Europe during the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth centuries. |
20 Plate Tectonics | The theory that the earth's outer shell is composed of a number of large, unanchored plates, or slabs of rock, whose constant movement explains earthquakes and volcanic activity. |
21 Continental drift theory | The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride. |
22 Ring of Fire | A ring of volcanic mountains surrounding the Pacific Ocean. |
23 Weathering | The chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down, eventually becoming soil |
24 Mechanical Whethering | The actual breaking up or physical weakening of rock by forces such as ice and roots. |
25 Chemical Weathering | The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock |
26 Acid rain | Rain whose high concentration of chemicals, usually from indistrial pollution, polluted water, kills plant and animal life, and eats away at the surface of stone and rock; a form of chemical weathering. |
27 Erosion | The movement of weathered materials, including gravel, soil, and sand, usually caused by water, wind, and glaciers. |
28 Sediment | Small particles of soil, sand, and gravel carried and deposited by water. |
29 loess | Fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust, or silt deposited by the wind. |
30 Glacier | A huge, slow-moving mass of snow and ice. |
31 Moraine | A ridgelike mass of rock, gravel sand, and clay carried and deposited by a glacier. |
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