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Geography Vocab
Ch.1 Lessons 1&2 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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atmosphere | oxygen, "the air we breathe," and layer of gasses |
lithosphere | the solid rock part, continets, crust & uppermantle |
hydrosphere | water elements; oceans, rivers, lakes etc. |
biosphere | where plants & animals live, "includes the other spheres listed" |
-bio | life |
-litho | stone |
-hydro | water |
Alfred Wegener | came up with the continetental drift |
currents | rivers moving through the ocean |
waves | swells, ridges in the ocean |
tides | rises & falls of ocean created by gravitational pulls of sun & moon |