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MS Studies chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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soil that is deposited by water | alluvial |
flora and fauna of a regions | biota |
concerned with the interrelationship between life forms and their environments | ecology |
geographic regions on earth's surface where organisms interact with the environment and functions similarly | ecoregions |
a group of orgainismas and their environments | ecosystem |
height of land above sea level | elevation |
animal life of a particular area | fauna |
natural vegetation on the land | flora |
used by geographers to analyze environmental information about the earth | geographic information systems |
physiographic divisions | landforms |
a combination of sand, silt, and clay | loam |
buff- clored silt believed to have been transported by wind | loess |
the process of collecting, storing and extracting environmental info from images of the ground acquired by devices not in direct contact with the features being studied | remote sensing |
phsical features such as mountains and plateaus | topography |