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This is the Snack Stack cards for the Place menu assignment 4 Mrs. Hansen
| 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 |