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MS Studies chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| soil that is deposited by water | alluvial |
| flora and fauna of a regions | biota |
| concerned with the interrelationship between life forms and their environments | ecology |
| geographic regions on earth's surface where organisms interact with the environment and functions similarly | ecoregions |
| a group of orgainismas and their environments | ecosystem |
| height of land above sea level | elevation |
| animal life of a particular area | fauna |
| natural vegetation on the land | flora |
| used by geographers to analyze environmental information about the earth | geographic information systems |
| physiographic divisions | landforms |
| a combination of sand, silt, and clay | loam |
| buff- clored silt believed to have been transported by wind | loess |
| the process of collecting, storing and extracting environmental info from images of the ground acquired by devices not in direct contact with the features being studied | remote sensing |
| phsical features such as mountains and plateaus | topography |