Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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| 1.Geography | The study of the earths surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between places, and the complex relationships between people and their environments.
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| 2.GIS | A geographic information system, which uses computer technology to collect and analyze data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems.
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| 3.Absolute Location | The position on the earth in which a place can be found.
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| 4.Hemisphere | A half of the earth; the Equator divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres; the Prime Meridian divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
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| 5.Relative Location | The position of a place in relation to another place.
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| 6.Character of a place | The physical and human characteristics that help to distinguish a place from others.
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| 7.Perception | A viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences.
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| 8.Formal region | A group of places that have similar attributes, for
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| 9.Functional Region | A group of places connected by movement, for example, the region drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.
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| 10.Perceptual Region | A group of places that is defined by people's feelings and attitudes.
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| 11.Core | The earths center, consisting of very hot metal that is dense and solid in the inner core and molten, or liquid, in the outter core.
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| 12.Mantle | A thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath the earths crust that surrounds the earths core.
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| 13.Crust | The solid, rocky, surface layer of the earth.
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| 14.Lithosphere | The surfaces features of the earth, including soil, rocks, and land forms.
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| 15.Atmosphere | The layer of gases, water vapor, and other substances above the earth.
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| 16.Hydrosphere | The water contained on the oceans, lakes, rivers, and under the ground.
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| 17.Biosphere | The world of plants, animals, and other living things in earths land and waters.
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| 18.Continent | Any of the large masses of the earths surfaces: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
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| 19.Relief | The differences between elevation, or height, of the land forms in any particular area.
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| 20.Plate Techtonics | The theory that the earth outer shell is composed of a number of large, unanchored plates, or slabs of rock, whose constant movement explain earthquakes and volcanic activity.
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| 21.Continental Drift Theory | The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride.
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| 22.Ring of fire | A ring of volcanic mountains surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
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| 23.Weathering | The chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down, eventually becoming soil.
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| 24.Mechanical Weathering | The actual breaking up or physical weakening of rock forces such as ice and roots.
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| 25.Chemical Weathering | The process of which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock.
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| 26.Acid Rain | Rain whose high concentration of chemicals, usually from industrial pollution, pollute waters, kills plant and animal life, and eats away at the surface of stone and rock; a form of chemical weathering.
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| 27.Erosion | The movement of weathered materials, including gavel, soil, and sand usually caused by water, wind, and glaciers.
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| 28.Sediment | Particles of soil and rock carried and deposited by water, wind, or ice.
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| 29.Loess | Fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust, or silt deposited by the wind.
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| 30.Glacier | A huge, slow-moving mass of snow and ice.
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| 31.Moraine | A ridge like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and deposited by a glacier.
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