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show 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  
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GIS   show
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Absolute Location   show
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Hemisphere   show
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Relative Location   show
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show The physical and human characteristic that help to distinguish a place from other places  
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Perception   show
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Formal Region   show
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show A group of places connected  
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Perceptual Region   show
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show 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  
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Mantel   show
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Crust   show
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show The surface features of earth, including soil, rocks, and landforms  
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show The layer of gases, water vapor, and other substances above the earth  
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Hydrosphere   show
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Biosphere   show
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show Any of the seven large landmasses of the earth's surface  
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show The differences in elevation, or height, of the landforms in any particular area  
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show The theory that the earth's outer shell is composed of a number of large, unanchored plates, or slabs of rocks, whose constant movement explains earthquakes and volcanic activity  
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Continental Drift Theory   show
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Ring of Fire   show
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show The chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down, eventually becoming soil  
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Mechanical Weathering   show
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Chemical Weathering   show
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show 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  
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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, or ice  
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show Fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust, or silt deposited by the wind  
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show A huge, slow-moving mass of snow and ice  
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show A ridge like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and deposited by glacier  
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