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World Geography10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1.Geography | The study of the earth's surface and the process that shape it,the connections between places, and the complex relationships between people and their environments. |
| 2.GIS | A geographic information system, which uses computer technology to collect and analyze data about the earth's surface in order to solve geographic problems |
| 3.Absolute Location | The position on the earth in which a place can be found |
| 4.Hemispher | A half of the earth; the Equator divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres; the prime meridian divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres. |
| 5.Relavtive Location | The position of a place in relation to another |
| 6.Character of a Place | The physical and human characteristics that help to distinguish a place form other places |
| 7.Perception | A viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and expressions |
| 8.Formal Region | A group of places that have similar attributes, for example, a political region. |
| 9.Functional Region | A group of places connected by movement, for example, the region drained by the Amazon River and its tributes |
| 10.Perceptual Region | A group of places that is defined by people's feelings and attitudes. |
| 11.Core | The earth's center, consisting of very hot metal that is dense and solid in the inner core and molten, or liquid, in the outer core. |
| 12. Biosphere | The world of plants, animals, and other living thing's in the earth's land and water |
| 13.Mantle | A thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath the earth's crust that surrounds the earth's core. |
| 14.Continent | Any of the seven large landmasses of the earth's surface: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South Anerica |
| 15. Crust | The solid, rocky, surface layer of the earth. |
| 16. Relief | The differences in elevation, or height, of the landform's in any particular area |
| 17. Lithosphere | The surface features of the earth, including soil, rocks, and landforms |
| 18. Plate tectonics | The theory that the earth's outer shell is composed of a number of large, unanchored plates, or slabs of rock, whose constant movement explains earthquakes and volcanic activity |
| 19. atmoshphere | The layer of gases, water vapor, and other substances above the earth |
| 20. Continental drift theory | The type of climate found in the great central areas of continents in the Northern Hemisphere; characterized by cold, snowy winters and warm or hot summers |
| 21. Hydrosphere | The water contained in oceans, lakes, rivers, and under the ground |
| 22. Ring of fire | A ring of volcanic mountains surrounding the Pacific Ocean |
| 23. Weathering | The chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down, eventually becoming soil |
| 24. Sediment | Particles of soil and rock carried and deposited by water, wind, or ice. |
| 25. Mechanical weathering | The actual breaking down up or physical weakening of rock by forces such as ice and roots, |
| loess | Fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust, or silt deposited by the wind, |
| Chemical Weathering | The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock |
| Glacier | A huge, slow-moving mass of snow and ice. |
| Acid Rain | Rain whose high concentration of chemicals usually from industrial pollution, pollutes water, kills plant and animal life, and eats away at the surface of stone and rock; a form of chemical weathering |
| Moraine | A ridgelike mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and deposited by a glacier |
| Erosion | The movement of weathered materials, including gravel,soil, and sand, usually caused by ,wind water, and glaciers |
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