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Geography
Vocab Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Human Characteristic | Characteristics of a place that are related to people; these might include buildings or parks |
| Population | The people living in a particular region; especially, the total number of people in an area |
| Human-environment interaction | How people affect their environment and how the environment affects them |
| Scale | The size of an area on a map as compared with the area's actual size |
| Distortion | A misrepresentation of the true shape |
| Key (Legend) | The section of a map that explains the symbols for the map features |
| Compass rose | A map feature that usually shows the four cardinal directions. |
| Physical Feature | The natural features of Earth, such as land formations or vegetation zones. |
| Region | An area with a unifying characteristic such as climate, land, population, or history |
| Precipitation | All forms of water, such as rain, sleet, hail, and snow, that fall to the ground from the atmosphere |
| Climate | The weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time |
| Weather | The condition of the bottom layer of the Earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time |
| Longitude line | A series of imaginary lines, also called meridians, that run north and south, from one pole to the other |
| Latitude Lines | A series of imaginary lines, also called parallels, that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator |
| Geography | The study of the location and distribution of physical features and living things on Earth’s surface, and how they relate to each other |
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