the study of where people,places,and things are located and how they relate to each other.

a computer technology to collect, manipulate,analyze,and display data about the earths surface in order to solve geographic problems.

the equator divides the world into two halves.

another way to locate a place,or its relation compared to other places.

consists of the places physical characteristics and human characteristics.

is a viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences.

are areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area.

consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it.

are defined by people's feelings and attitudes about areas

Soil,rocks,land forms, and other surface features.

layer of air,water,and other substances above the surface.

consists of water in oceans,lakes,and rivers,and even under the ground.

the world of plants,animals,and other living things that occupy the land and waters of the planet.

the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points.

the earth's outer shell is not one solid sheet of rock.

continental drift theory

the idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride.

a circle of volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean

is the breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface into smaller and smaller pieces.

mechanical weathering

occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically

alters a rocks chemical makeup by changing the minerals that form the rock or combining them with new chemical elements.

chemicals in the polluted air combine with water vapor and fall back to earth as acid rain.

the movement of weathered materials such as gravel,soil,and sand.

small particles of soil,sand,and gravel.

windblown deposits of mineral rich dust and silt

glaciers melted and receded in some places,they left behind ridge like piles of rocks and debris.

center of the earth consists of very hot metal mainly iron mixed with some nickel

a thick layer of rock mostly solid but some layers may be flexible.

rocky like surface layer surprisingly thin like frosting on a cake.

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chapter 1 vocab

Question	Answer
geography	the study of where people,places,and things are located and how they relate to each other.
Gis	a computer technology to collect, manipulate,analyze,and display data about the earths surface in order to solve geographic problems.
absolute location	its location on the globe.
hemisphere	the equator divides the world into two halves.
relative location	another way to locate a place,or its relation compared to other places.
character of a place	consists of the places physical characteristics and human characteristics.
perception	is a viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences.
formal religions	are areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area.
functional regions	consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it.
perceptual regions	are defined by people's feelings and attitudes about areas
Lithoshpere	Soil,rocks,land forms, and other surface features.
Atmosphere	layer of air,water,and other substances above the surface.
Hydrosphere	consists of water in oceans,lakes,and rivers,and even under the ground.
Bioshphere	the world of plants,animals,and other living things that occupy the land and waters of the planet.
Continents	large landmasses in the oceans
relief	the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points.
Plate tectonics	the earth's outer shell is not one solid sheet of rock.
continental drift theory	the idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride.
Ring of fire	a circle of volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean
weathering	is the breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface into smaller and smaller pieces.
mechanical weathering	occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically
chemical weathering	alters a rocks chemical makeup by changing the minerals that form the rock or combining them with new chemical elements.
acid rain	chemicals in the polluted air combine with water vapor and fall back to earth as acid rain.
erosion	the movement of weathered materials such as gravel,soil,and sand.
sediment	small particles of soil,sand,and gravel.
leoss	windblown deposits of mineral rich dust and silt
glaciers	huge slow moving sheets of ice
moraines	glaciers melted and receded in some places,they left behind ridge like piles of rocks and debris.
core	center of the earth consists of very hot metal mainly iron mixed with some nickel
mantle	a thick layer of rock mostly solid but some layers may be flexible.
crust	rocky like surface layer surprisingly thin like frosting on a cake.

Created by: Jaxon01

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