Geographic Vocab Word Scramble
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Vocabulary | Definition |
Section 1 | |
Geography | the study of the earth and the people who live on it. |
Environment | surroundings that include physical, social, and cultural conditions |
Location | the position of a place on the earth's surface |
Absolute Location | the exact position of a place on earth's surface expressed in latitude and longitude |
Relative Location | A location of a place in relation to another place |
Place | a geographic location, usually a town or city, and its physical and human characteristics |
Region | an area that is unified by one or more common characteristics |
HEI Human Environment Interaction | how people use, adapt to, or change their surroundings and how the physical environment often affects hummans |
Movement | people interacting, across the globe - includes migration, transportation, and trade |
Section 2 | |
Plain | a landform that generally is level |
Barrier Island | an island that protects the main body or land from ocean waves |
Escarpment | a steep cliff |
Fault | a weak place in the earth's crust |
Plateau | a broad, level landform that has steep cliffs - called escarpment - on at least one side and higher elevation than the surrounding land |
Aquifer | an underground water reservoir |
Savanna | grassland with scattered trees and drought resistant under growth |
Grassland | an area where the natural vegetation is grass |
Section 3 | |
Middle Latitudes | the area approximately midway between the Equator and the North Pole or South Pole |
Norther | icy wind that blows in quickly from the North |
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