Chapter 1-2 Vocab

Question 1

Map Projection

Answer 1

a view of the world from a flat view

Question 2

Geography

Answer 2

the study of the features of the world

Question 3

Absolute Location

Answer 3

exact location

Question 4

Relative Location

Answer 4

telling the location by locating something else

Question 5

Relief

Answer 5

changes in elevation

Question 6

Thematic Map

Answer 6

emphasizes the difference between subject and aeras

Question 7

Global positioning system(GPS)

Answer 7

used to determine the exact or absolute location using the satellites

Question 8

Geographic information systems(GIS)

Answer 8

computer programs that organize details about places and make maps

Question 9

Formal region

Answer 9

a region defined by a common charistic such as a product

Question 10

Functional region

Answer 10

a central place and the surrounding territory linked to it

Question 11

Perceptual region

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Atmosphere

Answer 12

a thin layer of gases that covers the earth

Question 13

Lithosphere

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Hydrosphere

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Biosphere

Answer 15

the part of the earth where life exists

Question 16

Continental shelf

Answer 16

part of a content that extends out underneath the ocean

Question 17

continental drift

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Core

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Mantle

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Magma

Answer 20

molten rock that is located between the earths surface

Question 21

Crust

Answer 21

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

Question 22

tectonic plate

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Subduction

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Spreading

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Fold

Answer 25

a bend in the layers of rock, sometimes caused by plate movement

Question 26

Fault

Answer 26

a crack or break in the earth’s crust

Question 27

Weathing

Answer 27

chemical or physical process that causes rocks to break down

Question 28

Erosin

Answer 28

the movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water

Question 29

Glacier

Answer 29

a large body of ice that moves across the earth’s surface

Question 30

Water Cycle

Answer 30

regular movement of the earths water from ocean to to air to ground and back to the ocean

Question 31

Evaporation

Answer 31

the process of converting into vapor or gas

Question 32

Condensation

Answer 32

the process of excess water vapor changing into liquid water when warm air cools

Question 33

Precipitation

Answer 33

moisture that falls to the earth as rail, hail, sleet, or snow

Question 34

Desalination

Answer 34

the removal of salt from seawater to make it useable for drinking or farming

Question 35

Ground Water

Answer 35

water located underground within the earth that supplies wells and springs

Question 36

Aquifer

Answer 36

underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand or gravel