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Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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Definition
1.Geography   show
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show Uses computer technology to collect, manipulate, analyze and display data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems.  
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show It's position on the globe.  
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4.Hemisphere   show
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show It's relation compared to other places.  
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show Consists of the place's physical characteristics and human characteristics.  
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7.Perception   show
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show Areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area.  
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show Consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it.  
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show Defined by people's feelings and attitudes about areas.  
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show Center.  
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show Thick layer of rock, around the core.  
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13.Crust   show
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14.Lithosphere   show
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show Layer of air, water and other substances above the surface.  
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show Consists of water in oceans, lakes and rivers, even under the ground.  
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17.Biosphere   show
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18.Continents   show
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show The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points.  
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show The theory that the Earth's outer shell isn't one solid sheet of rock.  
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21.Continental Drift Theory   show
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22.Ring of Fire   show
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23.Weathering   show
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24.Mechanical Weathering   show
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show The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when in water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock.  
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show Rain whose high concentration of chemicals, usually from industrial pollution, pollutes water, kills plant and animal life, and eats away at the surface of stone and rock;a form of chemical weathering.  
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27.Erosion   show
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show Particles of soil and rock carried and deposited by water, wind, and ice.  
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show Fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust, or silt deposited by the wind.  
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show A huge, slow moving mass of snow and ice.  
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show A ridgelike mass of rock, gravel, sand and clay carried and deposited by a glacier.  
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