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world GEO. chp. 5
world GEO.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| continental drift | the theory of how the 7 seven continents became pangea |
| fossil | a mold of aceint plants and animals |
| pangea | the one huge peice of land that once sat in the middle of earth's ocean |
| foothill | a hiil at the base of higher hills or a mountian ranges |
| loess | a fine and fertile soil that the wind deposits on the ground |
| pampa | the grass-covered plain in argentina |
| estuary | a flooded river valley at the mouth of river where saltwater from a sea mixes fresh water from the water |
| temperate climate | a climate that is neither very hot nor very cold and has warm and cool seasons |
| agribusiness | the business of farming with large farms and lots of of machines and chemicals |
| invest | to give or loan money to something in hope of getting more money back in the future |
| carbon doixide | a gas made up of carbon and oxygen |
| clear-out | to cut down every tree in a forest ;an area on which all the trees have been cut down |
| multinational coproration | a ;arge company that does business in more than one country |
| global warming | used by too much carbon dioxide in the air a rise in earth's temp ca |
| alpaca | an animal similar to a llama with silky hair |
| llama | an animal related t the camel used to carry things |
| death rate | the number of deaths over a given period of time |
| Gaucho | a cowhand of the pampas |
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