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Geography Vocab
Ch.1 Lessons 1&2 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| atmosphere | oxygen, "the air we breathe," and layer of gasses |
| lithosphere | the solid rock part, continets, crust & uppermantle |
| hydrosphere | water elements; oceans, rivers, lakes etc. |
| biosphere | where plants & animals live, "includes the other spheres listed" |
| -bio | life |
| -litho | stone |
| -hydro | water |
| Alfred Wegener | came up with the continetental drift |
| currents | rivers moving through the ocean |
| waves | swells, ridges in the ocean |
| tides | rises & falls of ocean created by gravitational pulls of sun & moon |