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| 1. Geography | The study of earths surface and the process that shape it, the connection between places, and the complex relationship between people and their environment.
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| 2. GIS | A geographic information system, which uses computer technology to collect and analyze data about the earths surface in order to solve geographic problems
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| 3. Absolute Location | The position on the earth in which a place can be found
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| 4. Hemishere | A half of the earth;the epuator devides the northern and southern hemispheres and the prime meridian divides the eastern and western hemishperes
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| 5. Character of a place | The physical and human characteristics that help to distinguish a place from another place
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| 6. Perseption | A viewpoint that is influenced by ones own culture and experiences
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| 7. Formal regions | A group of places that have similar attributes, for example, a political map.
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| 8. Functional regions | A group of places connected by movement, for example, the region drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.
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| 9. perceptual regions | A group of places that defined by peoples feelings and attitudes.
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| 10. Core | The earths center, consisting of very hot metal that is dense and solid in the enter core and molten or liquid, in the outer core.
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| 11. Mantle | A thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath the earths crust that surrounds the earths core.
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| 12. Crust | The solid, rocky, surface layer of the earth.
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| 13. Lithosphere | The surface features of the earth including soil, rocks, and land forms.
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| 14. Atmosphere | The layer of gasses, water vapor, and other substances above the earth.
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| 15. Hydrosphere | The water contained in oceans, lakes , rivers, and beneath the ground.
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| 16. Biospere | The world of plants annimal and other living things on earths surface
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| 17. Continents | Any of the 7 large landmasses of the earths surface; Africa Antarctica Asia Australia Europe North Amerca and South America
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| 19. Releif | The differences in elevation or height of land forms in any particular area.
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| 20. Plate Techtonics | The theory that the earths outer shell is composed of a number of large unanchored plates or slabs of rock whose constant movement explains the earths earth quakes and volcanoes.
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| 21. Continental drift theory | The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to the movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride
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| 22. Ring of fire |
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| 23. Weathering |
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| 24. Mechanical weathering |
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| 25. Chemical weathering |
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| 26. Acid rain |
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| 27. Erosion |
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| 28. Sediment |
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| 29. Loess |
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| 30. Moraines |
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| 31. Glaciers |
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