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BJU Cultural Geography 9th grade Chapter 2

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cataclysm   a violent upheaval or change in the earth's crust, especially a flood. Christians believe that the earth's features were changed by a cataclysm  
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2Peter 3:5 states this about scoffers who do not believe in the flood.   2Peter 3:5 states that mankind is "willingly" ignorant of God's intervention in history  
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Was the climate stable after the flood   No. It probably took a long time to stabilize after the flood. eg. ice age  
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uniformitarianism   the belief that the forces that are acting on the earth now are the same forces that have shaped the earth in the past  
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atmosphere   the covering of air that surrounds our planet  
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lithosphere   the solid part of the earth  
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hydrosphere   the water on the earth's surface  
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name the3 layers of the earth   crust, mantle and a core (liquid outer core, solid inner core)  
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All of the earth's surface is divided into 2 types of landmasses   continents and island  
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Landform   variation in landscape  
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mountain range   Many mountains that appear together  
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plains   wide areas of level land  
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alluvium   Nutrient rich soil deposited by rivers  
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plateaus   wide ares of flat land that rise abruptly above surrounding land some times called tablelands because the resemble a tabletop  
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largest ocean   Pacific Ocean  
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Percentage of Earth's fresh water   Less than 3% --- more than 2/3 of which is in polar ice caps, glaciers, or underground  
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tributary   rivers that feed other rivers  
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Longest River   Nile  
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River with largest Discharge   Amazon River  
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River with largest Drainage   Amazon drains a rain forest that is 40% of the continent of So. America  
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Largest system of freshwater lakes   Great Lakes of North America  
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river system   a river and all its tributaries  
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headwaters   another term for the source of a river  
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longest river in U.S.   Mississippi  
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Discharge   The amount of water that flows from a river  
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Drainage basin   The total area from which a river and its tributaries get their water  
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Harbor   Sheltered body of deep water next to the shore  
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Wetlands   areas of stagnant water  
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Bogs   spongy areas of land that look dry but are covered with wet organic materials  
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Marshes   areas of visible standing water with small vegetation that has its roots submerged in the water  
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coniferous forests   Areas with trees, such as pines and firs that can grow in cold harsh subpolar climates  
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deciduous forests   Areas with trees that have brad flat leaves and that require a lot of water and a growing season of at least 4 months  
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deserts   Hot, dry, wastelands  
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permafrost   Soil that remains frozen all year  
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savannas   Tropical grasslands with only a few scattered trees  
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shrub forests   Areas with a mediterranean climate that have dense bushes but are too dry to support many trees  
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steppes   Grasslands in temperate regions where rainfall is between ten and thirty inches a year and soil is fertile but very hard  
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tropical rain forests   Areas in the tropics that support many trees, the leaves and branches of which form a canopy over the forest floor  
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tundras   Cold areas that support only limited vegetation because they receive only light precipitation, mainly snow, which covers the ground most of the year  
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lakes   body of water fully enclosed by land  
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seas   arms of the ocean that are only partially enclosed by land  
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plate tectonics theory   theory that earth's surface in broken into pieces that crash into and pull apart from each other releasing energy  
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faults   deep cracks in the earth's surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions  
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weathering   breakdown of rocks by water, wind, plant roots, temperature changes, and freezing and thawing.  
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erosion   natural removal of small pieces of rock or soil  
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3 ways God distributes the earth's thermal energy   seasons, winds and ocean currents  
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Hydrological Cycle   process of evaporation, condensation and precipitation  
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Hydro Cycle - evaporation   liquid water changes to water vapor and rises into the atmosphere  
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Hydro Cycle - Condensation   water vapor changes to liquid or solid water in the clouds  
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Hydro Cycle - Precipitation   the liquid or solid water grows until it becomes too heavy to supported by the air, falling to the earth as rain, sleet, hail or snow and contributes to the supply of groundwater. It flows to streams and rivers which flows to the oceans  
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locate and label following zones on a map   Equator, Tropics, Temperate Zone, Polar Region  
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