Vocabulary ch. 1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
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. |
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 |
3. Absolute Location | The position on the earth in which a place can be found |
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 |
5. Character of a place | The physical and human characteristics that help to distinguish a place from another place |
6. Perseption | A viewpoint that is influenced by ones own culture and experiences |
7. Formal regions | A group of places that have similar attributes, for example, a political map. |
8. Functional regions | A group of places connected by movement, for example, the region drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. |
9. perceptual regions | A group of places that defined by peoples feelings and attitudes. |
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. |
11. Mantle | A thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath the earths crust that surrounds the earths core. |
12. Crust | The solid, rocky, surface layer of the earth. |
13. Lithosphere | The surface features of the earth including soil, rocks, and land forms. |
14. Atmosphere | The layer of gasses, water vapor, and other substances above the earth. |
15. Hydrosphere | The water contained in oceans, lakes , rivers, and beneath the ground. |
16. Biospere | The world of plants annimal and other living things on earths surface |
17. Continents | Any of the 7 large landmasses of the earths surface; Africa Antarctica Asia Australia Europe North Amerca and South America |
19. Releif | The differences in elevation or height of land forms in any particular area. |
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. |
21. Continental drift theory | The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to the movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride |
22. Ring of fire | |
23. Weathering | |
24. Mechanical weathering | |
25. Chemical weathering | |
26. Acid rain | |
27. Erosion | |
28. Sediment | |
29. Loess | |
30. Moraines | |
31. Glaciers |
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casandra kelley
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