Ch. 1 Vocab
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| 1. Geography. | The integrating science that relates the physical world & living nature to the human factor.
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| 2. GIS. | A GIS uses computer technology to collect, manipulate, analyze, & display data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems.
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| 3. Absolute location. | Its position on the globe.
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| 4. Hemisphere. | Halves.
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| 5. Relative location. | Its relation compared to other places.
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| 6. Character of a place. | Consists of the place's physical characteristics & human characteristics.
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| 7. Perception. | Viewpoint that's influenced by one's own culture & experiences.
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| 8. Formal region. | Areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area.
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| 9. Functional region. | Consists of a central place & the surrounding places affected by it.
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| 10. Perceptual region. | Defined by people's feelings & attitudes about areas.
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| 11. Core. | The earth's center, consisting of very hot metal that is dense & solid in the inner core & molten, or liquid, in the outer core.
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| 12. Mantle. | A thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath the earth's crust that surrounds the earth's core.
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| 13. Crust. | The solid, rocky, surface layer of the earth.
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| 14. Lithosphere. | The surface features of the earth, including soil, rocks, & landforms.
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| 15. Atmosphere. | The layer of gases, water vapor, & other substances above the earth.
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| 16. Hydrosphere. | The water contained in oceans, lakes, rivers, & under the ground.
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| 17. Biosphere. | Plants, animals, & living things.
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| 18. Continent. | Any of the seven large landmasses of the earth's surface : Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, & South America.
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| 19. Relief. | The differences in elevation, or height, of the landforms in any particular area.
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| 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.
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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 breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface into smaller & smaller pieces.
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| 24. Mechanical weathering. | Occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically.
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| 25. Chemical weathering. | The process of chemical weathering alters a rock's chemical makeup by changing the minerals that form the rock or combining them with new chemical elements.
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| 26. Acid rain. | Chemicals in the polluted air combine with water vapor & fall back to earth as an acid rain.
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| 27. Erosion. | The movement of weathered materials such as gravel, soil, and sand.
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| 28. Sediment. | Small particles of soil, sand, & gravel.
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| 29. Loess. | Fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust, or slit deposited by wind.
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| 30. Glacier. | Huge, slow moving sheets of ice.
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| 31. Moraine. | A ridgelike mass of rock, gravel, sand, & clay carried & deposited by a glacier.
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