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Geography Vocab
Ch. 1 Geography Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| geography | study of the earths surface and the things on it |
| trend | a general movement toward change over the course of time. |
| climate | the expected weather conditions for a place, uasually over a period of time. |
| census | periodic check of the population. occuring every ten years. |
| drought | a long period of time with dry weather conditions and no rain. |
| precipitation | a type of moisture that falls from the sky in snow, sleet, hail, or rain. |
| resivior | an artificial lake where water is collected for use. |
| landform | a feature of the earth's surface, such as a hill, valley, river, or plain. |
| relative location | a locationfound by something near it. |
| absolute location | the exact position of a place on the earth. |
| physical enviroment | the external surrondings and conditions in which something exists. |
| migrate | to move from one place to another. |
| region | a geographical area characterized by landforms and where they are located. |
| physical geography | the shapes and sizes of landforms and where they are located. |
| human geography | where humans are located and sizes of where they are. |
| place | a location |
| human-enviroment relationship | how humans adapt to the enviroment in which they live in. |
| movement | a way something changes. |
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