World Geography Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
1.Geography | Where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other. |
2.GIS | Uses computer technology to collect, manipulate, analyze and display data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems. |
3.Absolute Location | It's position on the globe. |
4.Hemisphere | Half. |
5.Relative Location | It's relation compared to other places. |
6.Character of a Place | Consists of the place's physical characteristics and human characteristics. |
7.Perception | Viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences. |
8.Formal Region | Areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area. |
9.Functional Region | Consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it. |
10.Perceptual Region | Defined by people's feelings and attitudes about areas. |
11.Core | Center. |
12.Mantle | Thick layer of rock, around the core. |
13.Crust | Rocky surface layer. |
14.Lithosphere | Soil, rocks, and other surface features. |
15.Atmosphere | Layer of air, water and other substances above the surface. |
16.Hydroshepere | Consists of water in oceans, lakes and rivers, even under the ground. |
17.Biosphere | world of plants, animals and other living things that occupy the land and waters of the planet. |
18.Continents | Large landmasses placed in the oceans. |
19.Relief | The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points. |
20.Plate Tectonics | The theory that the Earth's outer shell isn't one solid sheet of rock. |
21.Continental Drift Theory | A supercontinent broke up into seperate continenets. |
22.Ring of Fire | A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean. |
23.Weathering | The chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down, eventually becoming soil. |
24.Mechanical Weathering | The actual breaking up or physical weakening of rock by forces such as ice and roots. |
25.Chemical Weathering | The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when in water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock. |
26.Acid Rain | Rain whose high concentration of chemicals, usually from industrial pollution, pollutes water, kills plant and animal life, and eats away at the surface of stone and rock;a form of chemical weathering. |
27.Erosion | The movement of weathered materials, including gravel, soil, and sand, usually caused by water, wind and glaciers. |
28.Sediment | Particles of soil and rock carried and deposited by water, wind, and ice. |
29.Loess | Fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust, or silt deposited by the wind. |
30.Glacier | A huge, slow moving mass of snow and ice. |
31.Moraine | A ridgelike mass of rock, gravel, sand and clay carried and deposited by a glacier. |
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