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History Chapter 2

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the study of the earth's land, water, plants, animals, and people and how they live geography
individual features of the land, like mountains and valleys landforms
natural surroundings environment
areas that share common characteristics region
satellites that can tell the exact latitude and longitude of any place GPS-Global Positioning System
software that helps geographers gather many different kids of information about the same place GIS-Geographic Information System
theory that the crust of the earth is not a unbroken shell but consists of plates, or huge slabs of rock, that move plate tectonics
cracks in the earth's crust faults
low-lying stretches of flat or gently rolling land plain
flat lands that have higher elevations plateau
steep-sided lowlands that rivers have cut through a plateau canyon
underground rock layers that water flows through aquifer
usual, predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time climate
areas near the Equator that lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capicorn tropics
buildup of gases from the burning of fossil fuels tht prevent the warm air from rising and escaping into the atmosphere,causing the over-all temperature of the earth to increase greenhouse effect
careful use of resources so they are not wasted conservation
powerful chemicals that kill crop-destroying insects pesticides
places where the plants and animals are dependent upon one another ecosystem
when farmers change what they plant in a field to avoid using up all the minerals in the soil crop rotation
when wind or water carries soil away, leaving the land less fertile than before erosion
cutting down forests deforestation
rain containing high amounts of chemical pollutants acid rain
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