Geography999 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
1)Geography | The study of the earth's surface and the process that shape it, the connections between places,and the complex relationships between people and their environments. |
2)GIS | A geographic information system, witch uses computer technology to collect and analyze data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems. |
3)Absolute Location | The position on the earth in which a place can be found. |
4)Hemisphere | Half the earth, the equator divides the Meridian divides the Southern Hemispheres; the prime meridian divides the eastern and western hemispheres. |
5)Relative Location | The position of a place in relation to another place. |
6)Character of a Place | The physical and human characteristics that distinguish a place form another place. |
7)Perception | A view point that is influenced by ones own culture and experiences. |
8)Formal Region | Areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area. For example states, countries, and cities are all political regions. |
9)Functional Region | A group of places connected by movement, for example, the region drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries |
10)Perceptual Region | A group of places that is defined by peoples feelings and attitudes. |
11)core | The earths center, consisting of very hot metal that is dense and solid in the inner core and molten or liquid, in the outer core. |
12)Mantle | A thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath the earths crust that surrounds the earths core. |
13)Crust | The solid,rocky, surface layer of earth |
14)Lithosphere | res of the earth,including soil rocks and land forms. |
15)Atmosphere | The layer of gases, water vapor and other substances above the earth. |
16)Hydrosphere | The water contained in oceans, lakes, rivers, and under the ground. |
17)Biosphere | The world of plants,animals, and other living things in earths land and waters. |
19)Continent | Any of the seven large landmasses of the earths surface: Antarctica,Asia,Australia,Europe,North America,and South America |
20)Relief | The differences in elevation, or height of the land forms in an particular area |
21)Plate Tectonics | The theory that the earths outer shell is composed of a number of large, anchored plates, or slabs of rock whose constant movement explains earthquakes and volcanic activity. |
22)Continental drift theory | The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride. |
23)Ring of Fire | A ring of volcanic mountains surrounding the Pacific Ocean. |
24)Weathering | The chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down, eventually becoming soil. |
25)Mechanical Weathering | The actual breaking up or physical weakening of rock by forces such as ice and roots. |
26)Acid Rain | 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. |
27)Erosion | The movement of weathered materials, including gravel, soil, and sand, usually caused by water,wind and glaciers. |
28)Sediment | Particles of soil and rock carried and deposited by water,wind, or ice. |
29)Loess | Fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust or silt deposited by wind. |
30)Glacier | A huge, slow-moving mass of snow and ice. |
31)Moraine | A ridge like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and deposited by a glacier. |
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Katie Hansen
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