WorldGeographyy Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
1.Geography | The Study Of Earth´s Surface And The Processes That Shape It, The Connections Between Places, And The Complex Relationships Between People And Their Environment. |
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. |
3.Absolute Location | The Position On The Earth In Which A Place Can Be Found |
4.Hemisphere | A Half Of The Earth; the Equator Divides The Northern And Southern Hemispheres; The Prime Meridian Divides The Eastern An Western Hemispheres. |
5.Relative Location | The Position Of a Place In Relation TO Another Place. |
6.Character of A Place | The Physical And Human Characteristics That Help To Distinguish A From Other Places. |
7.Perception | A Viewpoint that is Influenced by one´s own culture and expweiences |
8.Formal Region | A Group Of Places That Have Similar Attributes For Example, A Political Region. |
9.Functional Region | A Group Of Places Connected By Movement, For Example, The Region Drained By The Amazon River And Its Tributaries |
10.Perceptual Region | A Group Of Places That Is Defined By People´s Feelings And Attitudes |
11. Core | The Earth´s Center, Consisting Of Very Hot Metal that Is Dense And Solid In The Inner Core And Molten, Or Liquid In The Outer Core. |
12. Mantle | A Thick Layer Of Mostly Solid Rock Beneath The Earth´s Crust That Surrounds The Earth´s Core. |
13. Crust | The Solid Rocky Layer Of The Earth |
14. Lithosphere | The Surface Features Of The Earth, Including Soil,Rocks And Landforms |
15.Atmosphere | The Layer Of Gases, Water Vapor, And Other Substances Above Earth. |
16. Hydrosphere | The Waters Contained In Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, And Under The Ground. |
17. Biosphere | The World Of Plants, Animals, And Other Living Things In Earth´s Land And Waters. |
18. Continent | Any Of The Seven Large Landmasses of the Earth´s Surface: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, And South America. |
19. Relief | The Differences In Elevation, Or Height Of The Land forms In Any Particular Area. |
20. Plate Techtonics | The Theory That The Earth´s Outer Shell Is Composed Of A Number Of Large, Unanchored Plates OR Slabs Of Rock, Whos Constant Movement explaines earthquakes and volcanic activity |
21. Continental Drift Theory | the idea that continents slowly shift their positions Due To movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride |
22. Ring Of Fire | a ring of volcanic mountains surrounding the pacific ocean |
23. Weathering | The Chemical Or Mechanical process by which the 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 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; form 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 or ice |
29. Loess | fine-grained mineral-rich loam dust or silt deposited by the wind |
30. Glacier | a huge slow-moving snow and ice |
31. Moraine | a ridge like mass of rock, gravel, sand and clay carried and deposited by a glacier |
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