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TWIP Chapter 1 Vocab
TWIP Chapter 1 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, countries, peoples, industries, and products | geography |
| natural features of the earth's surface | landforms |
| all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things | environment |
| global positioning system | GPS |
| Geographic Information System | GIS |
| an object made by someone in the past | artifact |
| the perserved trace, imprint, or remains of a plant or animal | fossils |
| the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field | solar system |
| the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another | orbit |
| the mass of air surrounding the Earth | atmosphere |
| an imaginery line that runs through the Earth's center connecting the two poles | axis |
| a single complete turn of the Earth around the sun | revolution |
| a year in which an extra day is added to the calendar | leap year |
| June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point | summer solstice |
| December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost pointDecember 22 | winter solstice |
| either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length | equinox |
| the central part of the Earth | core |
| the layer of the earth between the crust and the core | mantle |
| molten rock in the earth's crust | magma |
| the outer layer of the Earth | crust |
| One of the principal land masses of the earth, usually regarded as including Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. | continents |
| Theory that great slabs or plates of Earth's outer layer float on a hot, semi-molten mantle. All plates are moving slowly and have rafted continents to new positions over time. | plate tectonics theory |
| shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity | earthquake |
| A giant wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor | tsunamis |
| cracks in the earth's crust | faults |
| The breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface. | weathering |
| condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind | erosion |
| huge sheets of ice | glaciers |
| height above or below sea level | elevation |
| large pieces of flat land. | plains |
| Large area of high flat or gently rolling land | plateaus |
| a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas | isthmus |
| land surrounded by water on three sides | peninsula |
| a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water | island |
| the gently sloping part of a continent that is under water and rings each continent | continental shelf |
| a V-shaped valley on the ocean floor | trenches |
| a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water | strait |
| a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels | channel |
| a low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water | delta |
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