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Vocab assessment cards Themes and Skills

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Absolute location   exact place on Earth, often given in terms of latitude and longitude  
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Atmosphere   a layer of gases surrounding the planet that is retained by Earth's gravity  
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Biosphere   part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life  
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Contour lines   imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level  
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Cultural feature   a place associated with people eg. historic monument  
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GIS   use technology to capture, store and analyse geographically referenced information (physical locations)  
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GPS   uses satellite technology to assign accurate geographical locations and help people to navigate easily  
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Gradient   steepness of slopes  
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Hydrosphere   the liquid water component of the Earth.  
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Human and physical interaction   how humans depend upon, adapt to and modify the environment  
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Latitude   lines running horizontally, and are parallel to the equator (degrees North or South)  
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Lithosphere   includes the crust and the uppermost mantle, which constitute the hard and rigid, rocky outer layer of the Earth  
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Longitude   lines running vertically, are parallel to the Prime Meridian (degrees East or West)  
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Movement   eg. human migration, atmospheric circulation, ocean currents  
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Region   an area that is defined by certain similar characteristics  
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Relative location   a description of how a place is related to other places. For example, the Empire State building is 365 kilometers (227 miles) north of the White House in Washington  
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Remote sensing   a way that Geographers can produce maps without actually visiting the area, sources include satellites, radar and aerial photography  
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Scale   the relationship between distance on a map and on the earth's surface eg 1:25 000  
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Topographic   map showing the shape of the Earth’s surface shown by contour lines or layer shading  
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UTM grid reference   grid coordinate system, which divides the earth into a perpendicular grid with constant linear surface distances, in meters, between each of its grid lines in all directions  
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