geaography words
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| axis | the imaginary line that the earth rotates on
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| tilt | the 23.5 angle the axis is at
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| rotation | a 24 hour trip that the earth takes around its axis
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| revolution | a 365 1/4 day trip the earth takes on an elliptical path around the sun
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| orbit | an objects path going around another object
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| latitude | imaginary horizontal lines on the earth used to measure the earth vertically
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| longiitude | imaginary vertical lines on the earth used to measure horizontally
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| what are latitude and longitude used for | to locate a location or to measure the earth
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| longitude nicknames.... | verticals
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| latitude nicknames.... | parallels
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| 0 longitude | prime meridian
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| 0 latitude | equator
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| ? degrees of longitude | 180
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| ? degrees of latitude | 90
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| what causes the seasons | the earths tilt
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| equinox | days of the year where there is equal sunlight and darkness
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| solstice | days of the year where the sun is at its greatest distance, long periods of sunlight and darkness
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| tropics | regions closest to the equator
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| polar circles | regions closest to the axis(north and south pole)
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| how many equinoxes | 2, fall and spring
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| how many solstices | 2, summer and winter
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| perspective | how you see things
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| geography | the study of the world, its people and the landscapes they create
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| 2 major branches of geography | physical and human
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| physical ..... | rural and urban
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| rural | country
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| urban | city
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| deadliest form of natural disaster.... | flooding
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| scarcest resource | fresh water
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| cartographer | makes maps
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| absolute location | exact location
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| relative location | location relating to something else
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