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Ch.B bocabullary

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1.Geography   1.The study of the earth'surface and the process that shape it, the connections between places, and the complex relationship between people and their invoroments  
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2.GIS   2.A geographic information system, which uses computer technology to collect and analyze data about  
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3.absolute location   3.The position on the earth in which a place can be found  
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4.hemisphere   4.A half of the earth;equator divides the north and southern hemispheres; the prime meridian divides the  
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5.relative location   5.The position of a place in relation to another place  
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6.character of a place   6.The physical and human characteristics that help to distinguish a place from other places  
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7.precipitation   7.viewpoint that is influenced by their own culture  
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8.formal region   8.Formal Region A group of places that have similar attributes for example a political region  
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9.functional region   9.Functional Region A group of places connected by movement for example the region drained by the Amazon River its tributaries  
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10.perceptual region   10.Perceptual Region a group of places that is defined by people’s feelings and attitudes  
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11. Core   The Earth's center consisting of very hot metal  
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12.mantle   A thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath the earth crust that surrounds the earth`s core,  
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13.Crust   the solid rocky,surface layer of the earth.  
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14. lithosphere   The surface features of the earth, including soil,rocks,and land forms.  
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15.atmosphere   the layer of gases,water vapor,and other substances above the earth.  
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16. hydrosphere   the water contained in oceans,lakes,rivers and under graund  
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17.biosphere   the world of plants, and animals,and others living things in the earth, land and water.  
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18.continent   any of the seven landmasses of the earth`s surface,Africa,Antarctica,Asia,Australia,Europe,North America,\and south America  
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19.relief   the differences in elevation,or height,of the land forms any particular Area.  
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20.plate tectonics   a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.  
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21 continental drift theory   the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time  
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22.ring of fire   A ring of volcanic mountains surrounding the pacific ocean  
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23.whetering   the chemical or mechanical process by which the rock is gradually broken down, eventually becoming soil  
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24.mechanical whethering   the actual breaking up or physical weakening of rock by forces such as ice  
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25.chemical whethering   the process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed,usually when of water carbon dioxide cause breakdown of the rock  
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26.acid rain   rain whose high concentration chemicals,usually from industrial pollution,pollutes water,kills plant and animal life,and eats away at the surface of stone and rocks; a form of chemical weathering,  
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27.erosion   the movement of weathered materials, including gravel,soil, and sand,usually.  
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28.sediment   particles of soil and rock carried and deposited by water,wind,or ice  
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29.loess   fine-grained mineral-rich loam,dust,or silt deposited by the wind  
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30.glacier   a huge,slow moving mass of snow and ice,  
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31.moraine   a ridge like a mass of rock,gravel,sand and clay carried and deposited by a glacier  
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