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Place Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Natural Enviroment | encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on earth or some region thereof. |
Climate | The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. |
Atmosphere | The prevailing tone or mood of a place, situation, or work of art. |
Natural Vegitation | Vegetation that occurs spontaneously without regular management. |
Culture | The arts and other manifestations of humans intellectual achievement regarded collectively. |
Landform | A nature feature of the earth's surface. |
Language Pattern | A structured method of describing good design practices within a field of expertise. |
Infrastructure | The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of society or enterprise. |
Elevation | the action or fact of elevating or being elevated. |
Ecosystem | A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
Lithosphere | The rigid outer part of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle. |
Hydrosphere | All of the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the Earths surface, such as clouds. |
Biosphere | The regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the Earth occupied by living organisms. |
Percipitation | The action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution. |
Weather | The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind rain, etc. |
Biomes | a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g., forest or tundra. |
Groundwater | water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock. |
Glaciers | a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. |
Soil | the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles. |