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CHAPTER 4 VOCAB 2026
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bayou | A small creek sometimes nagigable |
| Relief | Difference between the highest and lowest elevation |
| Estuary | Where the river meets the sea |
| Drainage Basin | Area of land drained by a river |
| Absolute location | Exact spot recognized by coordinates |
| Relative location | Type of location where places are relative to one another |
| Swamp | A "seasonal flooded forest" but sometimes referred to as "wetlands" |
| Marsh | A wete, treeless prairie covered with water and grasses, but sometimes referred to as "wetlands" |
| Salt Dome | A formation of layers of rock that contains salt, petroleum, and sulphur |
| Time zones | Segment of the worldwide system of standardizing time; 24 exist |
| Landforms | Nautral features of the Earth's surface |
| navigable | Describes water that is deep enough to travel by boat |
| Alluvial | The Mississippi River has and continues to deposit tons of this type of soil |
| Geography | The science if the Earth's surface including the weather, climate, and resources, and people |
| Growing Season | The period of the year when plants and crops grow |
| Subsidence | The slow process of land sinking (in the sea) |
| Sustainabilty | The capacity to endure |
| Scales | Measures tornadoes and hurricanes |
| Weather | Sunshine, moisture, temperature, precipitaion, and other variables |
| Wetlands | Swamps or Marshes |
| Hurricane | These are formed over tropical waters with wind speeds at least 74 mp; winds rotate around an eye |
| Tornado | A severe and unpredictable funnel-shaped windstorm that moves counterclockwise |
| Climate | The weather conditions averaged over several years |
| Precipitaion | Rain, Hail, Sleet, and Snow |
| Prime Meridan | The 0 degree line of longitude |
| Nutrias | Rodents that eat the away the land |
| Sediment | Soil that settles to the bottom of liquid |
| Equater | Creatates 2 halves of the earth |
| Time | A system of measurement used to relate one event to another event |
| Sequence | The order in which events occured following time |
| C. E. | Common Era |
| AM | Ante Meridian (Before Noon) |
| Annual | Yearly of once a year |
| BCE | Before Common Era |
| Bienniel | Happening every two years |
| Biweekly | Happening every two weeks |
| Century | 100 Years |
| Day | 24 hours |
| Decade | 10 Years |
| Duration | Amount of Time |
| Dynasty | Ruling Family |
| Eon | Indefinite |
| Epoch | A distinctive period of time in history or a person's life |
| Era | Long disnictive period of time |
| Eternity | Forever |
| Fortnight | Two Weeks |
| Future | Things to Come |
| Generation | Anything between 15-25 Years |
| Midnight | 12 AM |
| Noon | 12 PM |
| Month | 1/12th of a Year |
| Past | Things that are gone by |
| PM | Post Meridien (Afternoon) |
| Present | Now |
| Score | 20 years |
| Season | One of four natural divisions of the year |
| Weekly | Once a week |
| Year | 12 months |
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