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Physical Geography Flashcards

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7 continents

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Asia, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, austrailia, North America, South America

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5 oceans

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southern, Arctic, indian, pacific, atlantic

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oceans

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body of water surrounding land

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seas

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body of water partially enclosed by land

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5
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lake

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body of water completely enclosed by land

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Earth’s layers

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core, mantle, crust

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Plate

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floats on the crust

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Subduction

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oceanic plate(heavier), goes under continental(lighter) and melts and comes back up Makes volcanoes

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9
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accretion

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occurs during subduction as oceanic plate goes under continental the debri heats and the plates become one big plate

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Fold

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when rock gets hot and makes a formation

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fault

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where 2 tectonic plates come together and there is a crack and lots of earthquakes and tsunamis

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ring of fire

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area around pacific rimthat has a lot of earthquakes and tsu;nanmis

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glaciers

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frozen rivers valleys are U shaped

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Morraine

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debris left by glaciers

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15
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climat

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long trerm atmospheric conditions

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16
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weather

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short term atmosphereic condiations

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17
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tilt

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what causes season and the wqay the ligjt fall

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18
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equinoz

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when day and night are equal

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solstice

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either day or night is longer than the other

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20
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wind patterns

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heating and cooling of air

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21
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prevailing winds

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consistent wind patterns

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22
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coriolis eggect

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N winds are clockwise and s are counterclockwise

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23
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wind pattern names

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westerlies, trades, doldrums, and horse latitude

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24
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ocean currents affect of climat

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warm or cool the land

25
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El Nino

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when currents change direction in pacific rim

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rainshadow effect

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where land becomes desert because mountains are blocking all plant growth and rainy weather

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torpical climate

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found along equator wet or dry

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tropical wet

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daily rain found inasia africa and SA lts of wildlife

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tropical dry

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wet and dry season few plants and short grass in africa asia austrailia and C and SA

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dry

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has deserts and steppes

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deserts

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little plant ife 10 inches of rain per year

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steppes

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treeless grassland transition zone 10-20 in of rain per year

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midlatritude

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4 subregions Marine west coast, mediterranean, humid subtropical, humid continental

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marine west coast

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ocean winds coniferous and deciduous cool summers cool damp winters

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mediterranean

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wood bushes and short trewes mild rainy winter hot sunny summers

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humid subtropical

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prairies evergreen deciduous short winters rain all year

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humid conatinental

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evergreen in N no ocean winds snowy winters

38
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High latitude

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three regions sub arctic tundra and ice cap

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sub arctic

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perma frost short cool summers evergreens

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tundra

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dark winters lichen moss hsort grass cold summers

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ice cap

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snow and ice upo to 2 mi thick lichen only

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canal

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man-made waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or to carry water

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isthmus

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narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses

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butte

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isolate hill with steep sides and a flat top

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mesa

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isolated flat topped elevationthat rises abruptly formt he surroundign area

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sea

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large body of water partiall enclosed by land

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geyser

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spring that throws forth jets of hot water and steam

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oasis

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fertile area with water in the middle of a desert

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gulf

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part of an ocean or sea extending into the land

50
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cape

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large point of land extending into the water ususally at an abrupt angle

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lagoon

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shallow body of water protected form the sea by snad bar or reefs

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fjord

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long narrow inlet of the sea between hih cliffs

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delta

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flat area of sediment deposited a thee mouth of a river

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prairie

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large area of flat greaasssland

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plain

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large area of flat land

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peninsula

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area of land nearly surrounded by water

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island

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area of land surrounded by water

58
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reef

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ridge of rock coral or sand just above or below the surface of the sea

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