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Test One Vocabulary Flashcards

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Vocab: Latitude

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lines on a globe drawn in a east to west direction and measured in degrees

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Vocab: Longitude

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lines on a globe drawn in a north south direction and measured in degrees

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Vocab: Equator

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An imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Pole

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Vocab: Prime Meridian

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Imaginary line drawn from the North and through Greenwich, England to the South Pole

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Vocab: Hemisphere

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Halves of the globe divided by the equator and prime meridian

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Vocab: Continents

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Large landmasses on Earth’s surface

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Vocab: Topography

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Elevation, shape, and layout of the land

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Vocab: Geography

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The study of the physical, biological, and cultural features of Earth’s surface

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Vocab: Cartography

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The study of maps and map making

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Vocab: Meteorology

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The study of weather

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Vocab: Formal Region

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Region with one or more feature that make it different from surrounding areas

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Vocab: Functional Region

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Region made up of different places that are linked together

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Vocab: Perceptual/Vernacular

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Regions that reflects human feelings and attitudes

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Vocab: Region

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An area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas

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Vocab: Parallels

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Lines of latitude

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Vocab: Meridians

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Lines of longitude

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Vocab: Great Circle Route

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Shortest route between any two places

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Vocab: Compass Rose

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A map element with areas pointing in all four principal directions

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Vocab: Legend

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Map Key

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Vocab: Map projections

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Different ways of representing a round Earth on a flat map

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Vocab: Solar system

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The sun and the group of bodies that revolve around it

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Vocab: Planets

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A major body that orbits a star

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Vocab: Moon

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Smaller objects that orbit a planet

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Vocab: Satellite

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A body that orbits a smaller body

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Vocab: Rotation

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One complete spin on earths axis

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Vocab: Revolution

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One elliptical orbit of earth around the sun

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Vocab: Tropics

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Warm low latitude areas near the equator

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Vocab: Polar regions

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High altitude regional around the north and south poles

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Vocab: atmosphere

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The envelope of gases that surrounds a planet like earth

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Vocab: Lithosphere

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Solid crust of the Earth

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Vocab: Hydrosphere

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Earth’s water in all of its forms

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Vocab: Biosphere

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The part of Earth that includes all life forms

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Vocab: Environment

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Combination of Earth’s 4 spheres including all life forms biological, chemical, and physical conditions that affect life

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Vocab: Weather

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The conditions of that atmosphere at a given time and place

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Vocab: Climate

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Weather conditions at a given place or time

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Vocab: Greenhouse effect

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The process of Earth’s atmosphere trapping heat energy

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Vocab: Doldrums

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Areas with no prevailing winds

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Vocab: Front

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Zone of contact between 2 air masses of widely different temps or moisture levels

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Vocab: Humidity

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The amount of water vapor in the air

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Vocab: Condensation

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The process by which water vapors change from a gas into liquid droplets

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Vocab: Ecosystem

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Communities of plants and animals

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Vocab: Savannas

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Areas of tropical grasslands, scattered trees, and shrubs

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Vocab: Orographic Effect

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Cooling effect that occurs when air is forced to rise over a mountain resulting in a wetter windward side and drier leeward side

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Vocab: Arid

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Dry

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Vocab: Permafrost

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Permanently frozen soil below the ground surface

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