Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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| 1.Geography | The study of earths surface and the processes that shapes it and the connections between places and the complex relationships between people their environment.
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| 2.GIS | A geographic Information system which uses computer technology to collect and analyze data about earths data
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| 3.Absolute Loction | The position the earth in which a place can be found.
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| 4.Hemisphere | A half of the earth.The equator divides north and the south hemisphere and the prime meridian divides the east and the west hemisphere.
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| 5.Relative Loction | The position of one place compared to another place.
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| 6.Character of a place | The physical and human characteristics to help distinguish a place from other places.
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| 7.Perception | A view point that is influenced by ones own culture and experiences.
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| 8.Formal Region | a group of places that have similar attributes, for example, a political region.
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| 9.Functional Region | A group of places that is connected by movement.
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| 10.Perceptual Region | A group of places that is defined by peoples feelings and attuide.
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| 11. Core | The earths center,consisting of very hot metal that is dince in the inner core
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| 12. Mantle | A thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath earths crust that surrounds thee earths core.
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| 13.lithosphere | the surface features of earths surface.
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| 14.atmosphere |
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| 15.hydrosphere |
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| 16.biosphere |
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| 17.continent |
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| 18.relife |
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| 19. Plate tectonics |
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| 20. continental drift theory |
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| 21. Ring of fire | circle of volcainos surrounding the pafic ocean
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| 22.Weathering | breakdown of rock at or near the earths surface into smaller and smaller pieces.
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| 23. Mechanical Weathering | occurs when rock is achelly broken or worn down physically.
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| 24. Chemical Weathering | expose bedrock to the forces.
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| 25.Acid rain | chemicals in the polluted combined with Water vapor and fall back to earth as acid rain
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| 26. erosion | Movement of weathered material such as gravel, sand, and soil.
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| 27. sediment | Small sediments of gravel, soil and sand
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| 28. loess | windblown deposits of mineral-rich or dust and salt
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| 29. glacier | huge, slow-moving sheets of ice.
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| 30. moraine | left behind ridge-like pails of rocks and debrise.
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