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chapter 1 and 2 voca
chapter 1 vocblary
Term | Definition |
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geography | the study of the earth surface and the processes |
gis | a geographic information system |
absolute location | the position on the earth in which a place can be found |
hemisphere | a half of the earth;the equator divides the northern and southern |
relative location | the position of a place in relation to another place |
character of a place | the physical and human characteristics that help to distinguish |
perception | a viewpoint that is influenced by ones own cultures |
formal region | a group of places that have similar attributes |
functional region | a group of places connected by movement |
perceptual region | a group of places that is defined by peoples feelings |
core | the earths center |
mantle | a thick layer of mostly solid rock |
crust | the solid ,rocky surface layer |
lithosphere | the surface features of the earth |
atmosshere | the layer of gases |
hydrosphere | the water contained in oceans |
biosphere | the world of plants animals and others living things |
continent | any of the seven large land masses of the earths |
relief | the differences the in elevation |
plate tectonics | the theory that the earth's outer shell is composed of a number of large plates |
continental drift theory | the idea that continents slowly shifts their position |
ring of fire | a ring of volcanic mountains |
weathering | the chemical process by which rock |
mechanical weathering | the actual breaking up or physical weakening of a rock |
chemical weatherring | the process by which the actual chemical structure |
acid rain | rain whose high concentration of chemicals |
erosion | the movement of weathered materials |
sediment | particles of soil and rock |
loess | fine-grained, minerals-rich loam, dust |
glacier | a huge , slow-moving mass of snow and ice |
moraine | a ridge like mass of rock |
weather | the condition of the bottom layer of the earth. |
climate | the term used for the weather |
rotation | the spinning motion of the earth |
revolution | one complete orbit of the earth around the sun |
solstice | either of the two times a year when the sun appears overhead the tropic cancer |
equinox | either of the two times each year |
precipitation | all the forms of water that falls to the earth |
front | the boundary between two masses of air that differ in density |
continental climate | the type of climate found in northern hemisphere |
ecosystem | the interaction of a plant life |
biome | the term used to describe a major type of ecosystem |
deciduous | leaf-shedding; of a type tree that sheds |
coniferous | cone-bearing type of tree |
chaparral | A type of natural vegetation |
savanna | a tropical grassland with scattered trees |
herbivore | a plant eater |
carnuvore | am meat eater |
prairie | A temperate grassland |
tundra | A dry, treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold |
permaforst | A layer of soil just below the earth's surface |