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Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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Term
Definition
1.Geography   show
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2.GIS   show
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3.Absolute Location   show
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4.Hemisphere   show
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show It's relation compared to other places.  
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6.Character of a Place   show
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show Viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences.  
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8.Formal Region   show
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9.Functional Region   show
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show Defined by people's feelings and attitudes about areas.  
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11.Core   show
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show Thick layer of rock, around the core.  
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13.Crust   show
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show Soil, rocks, and other surface features.  
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15.Atmosphere   show
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show Consists of water in oceans, lakes and rivers, even under the ground.  
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17.Biosphere   show
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show Large landmasses placed in the oceans.  
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show The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points.  
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show The theory that the Earth's outer shell isn't one solid sheet of rock.  
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show A supercontinent broke up into seperate continenets.  
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show A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.  
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show The chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down, eventually becoming soil.  
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show The actual breaking up or physical weakening of rock by forces such as ice and roots.  
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show The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when in water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock.  
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26.Acid Rain   show
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show The movement of weathered materials, including gravel, soil, and sand, usually caused by water, wind and glaciers.  
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show Particles of soil and rock carried and deposited by water, wind, and ice.  
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29.Loess   show
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show A huge, slow moving mass of snow and ice.  
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show A ridgelike mass of rock, gravel, sand and clay carried and deposited by a glacier.  
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