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Term | Definition |
Natural Environment | The combination of all the natural things that live around you on planet Earth |
Climate | The weather condition of a place over a LONG (NOT short) period of time |
Atmosphere | The envelop of gases surrounding the earth, or another planet |
Natural Vegetation | Refers to plants that grow naturally in a place with little or no human interference |
Culture | The characteristics of a group of people (language, religion, etc.) |
Landform | Natural features of landscape; natural physical features of the Earth's surface |
Language Pattern | A human system of communication |
Infrastructure | The basic physical systems of a country's or community's population (building blocks) |
Elevation | The measure of land's height or depth above or below sea level |
Ecosystem | A biological community of organisms that interact with each other and the physical environment around them. How they have an affect on each other ties in with this as well. |
Weather | The state of the atmosphere given at a specific time and place (with respect variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity,etc.) |
Biomes | A large naturally occurring community of plants and animals (major habitat for these things) |
Glaciers | A slow moving mass of ice formed by the compaction of snow on mountains, or near the poles. |
Groundwater | Water that is beneath the surface of the ground |
Soil | The upper-layer of Earth that is usually brown, black, etc., usually consists of a mixture of nutrients from organic remains, clay, and rock particles. And, plants grow in it |
Hydrosphere | All of the water sources on Earth make this up. (Lakes and Seas, etc.) |
Lithosphere | The rigid outer part of the Earth consisting of the upper mantle and the crust |
Biosphere | All of the biomes and ecosystems on earth make this up |
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