Chapter 1-2 Vocab Flashcards

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Map Projection

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a view of the world from a flat view

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Geography

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the study of the features of the world

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3
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Absolute Location

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exact location

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Relative Location

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telling the location by locating something else

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5
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Relief

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changes in elevation

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6
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Thematic Map

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emphasizes the difference between subject and aeras

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Global positioning system(GPS)

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used to determine the exact or absolute location using the satellites

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Geographic information systems(GIS)

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computer programs that organize details about places and make maps

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9
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Formal region

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a region defined by a common charistic such as a product

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Functional region

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a central place and the surrounding territory linked to it

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Perceptual region

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a region defined by popular feelings and images-rather than by objective data

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12
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Atmosphere

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a thin layer of gases that covers the earth

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Lithosphere

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uppermost layer of the earth that includes the crust, continents, and oceans basins

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Hydrosphere

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the watery areas of the earth including the ocean, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water

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15
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Biosphere

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the part of the earth where life exists

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16
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Continental shelf

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part of a content that extends out underneath the ocean

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continental drift

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the their that continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart

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Core

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inner most layer of the earth made up of a super hot but solid inner core and super hot inner core

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Mantle

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the thick middle layer of the earths interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexible

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Magma

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molten rock that is located between the earths surface

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Crust

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outer layer of the earth, a hard rocky shell forming earths surface

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tectonic plate

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the term scientist use to describe the drift of continental drift and magma flow which create many of the earth’s physical features

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Subduction

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process by which oceanic plates dive beneath continental plates often causing mountains to form on land

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Spreading

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process by which magma wells up between oceanic plates and pushes the plates appart

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Fold
a bend in the layers of rock, sometimes caused by plate movement
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Fault
a crack or break in the earth's crust
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Weathing
chemical or physical process that causes rocks to break down
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Erosin
the movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water
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Glacier
a large body of ice that moves across the earth's surface
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Water Cycle
regular movement of the earths water from ocean to to air to ground and back to the ocean
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Evaporation
the process of converting into vapor or gas
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Condensation
the process of excess water vapor changing into liquid water when warm air cools
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Precipitation
moisture that falls to the earth as rail, hail, sleet, or snow
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Desalination
the removal of salt from seawater to make it useable for drinking or farming
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Ground Water
water located underground within the earth that supplies wells and springs
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Aquifer
underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand or gravel