Term | Definition |
1. geography | is the study of where people,places,and things are located and how they related to each other. |
2. GIS | uses computer technology to collect,manipulate, analyze. |
3. absolute location | the position on the globe. |
4. hemisphere | this is what the equator divides into. |
5. reletive location | the relation compared to other locations. |
6. character of a place | consists of the place's phisical characteristics. |
7. preceition | is a view point that is influenced by ones own culture. |
8. formal regions | are areas in witch certain characteristics are found throughout the area. |
9.functional regions | consists of a central area and the surrounding area's. |
10. perceptual regions | are defined by peoples attitudes about area's. |
11.core | the earths center consisting of very hot mental that is dense and solid on the inner core and molten, liquid, in the outer core. |
12.mantle | a layer of mostly hard rock below the earths crust. |
13.crust | the solid, rockey layer of the . |
14.lithosephere | the surface features of the earth,including soil, rocks, and landforms. |
15.atmosphere | the layer of gases, water vapor, and other substances above the earth. |
16.hydroshere | the water contained in oceans,lakes,rivers,and under the ground. |
17.bioshere | the world of plants, animals, and other living things in earth's land and water. |
18.continent | any of the 7 large landmasses on the earths surface, africa, antartica, |
19.releif | the difference in elevation, or height, of the landforms in any paticular area |
20.plate tectonics | the theory that the earth's outer shell is composed of a number of large, unanchored pates, pr slabs of rock, whose constant movement explains earthquakes. |
21.continental drift theory | the idea that continents slowly drift their position due to movement of the tectonics plates on which they ride. |
22.ring of fire | a ring of volcanic mountains surronding the pacific ocean. |
23.weathering | the chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down,eventually becoming soil |
24.mechanical weathering | the actual breaking up of or physical weakening |
25.chemical wethering | the process of which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock. |
26.acid rain | Rain who's high concentration of chemicals usually from , Industrial pollution pollutes water, Kills plants and animal life, and eats away at the surface of stone and rock a form of chemical weathering. |
27.erosion | The movement of whethered materials, including gravel, soil and sand, Usually caused by water, wind, and glaciers. |
28.sediment | |
29.loess | Fine – grained, Mineral rich loan, dust, or silk deposited by the wind. |
30.glaciar | A smooch, slow-moving mass of snow and ice. |
31.moraine | A ridge like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and Clay carried in the posited by glacier. |
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37.equinox | Either of the two times each year when day and night are of nearly equal links everywhere on earth. |
38.precipitation | All the forms of water that falls to earth from the atmosphere, including rain and snow. |
39.front | The boundary between two masses of air that differ in density or temperature. |
40.continental | Any of the seven largely masses of the earth surface Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.. |
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