Chapter 2 Geography Vocab

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hydrosphere

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water that makes up the earth

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lithosphere

Back 2

land that makes up the earth

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atmosphere

Back 3

air we breath, gases that makes up the earth

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biosphere

Back 4

parts of the earth that supports life

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isthmus of panama

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links togerther northand south america

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Sinai Peninsula

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a human mad Suez Canal seperates Africa and Asia

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continental shelf

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is a underwater extension of the coastal plain

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Mount Everest

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is located in Nepal which is northern India

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deep sea

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is a shore below sea level

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Marianna Trench

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a narrow underwater canyon about 35,827 feet

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core

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center of the earth it's a hard solid

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mantle

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thick layer of hot dense rock

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crust

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it the outer most part of the earth

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continental drift

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were continents were once joined and then slowlt drifted apart

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plate tectonics

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a physical processe that forms lots of earths features

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magma

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aka molten rock which is pushed up from the mantle, and ridges and formed

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Himalaya

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ranges in South Asia

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subduction

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the heavier the sea plate dives beneath the lighter continental plate

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accretion

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peices of the Earth's crust come together slowly as the sea plate slides under the continental plate

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spreading

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sea plates can pull apart in the process

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folds

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aka bends in layer of rock

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faults

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creating cracks in the Earth's crust

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San Andreas Fault

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one famous fault in California

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faulting

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when the folded land cannot be bent any further

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Kobe

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earthquacks have occurred here

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San Francisco

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earthquacks have occurred here

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Ring of Fire

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one of the Earthquake-prone areas on the planet

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Weathering

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breaks down rocks

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erosion

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wears away the Earth's surface by wind, glaciers, and moving water

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glaciers

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large bodies of ice that move across earths surface

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moraines

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when glaciers melt and recede

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Greenland

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is covered by glaciers

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Antarctica

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is cover with most from glaciers

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water cycle

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name given to this regular movement of water

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Evaporation

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is the changing of water into vapor, or gas

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condensation

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excess water vapor changes into liquid water

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Pacific

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one of the five oceans

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moraines

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when glaciers melt and recede

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Atlantic

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one of the five oceans

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Greenland

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is covered by glaciers

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Indian

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one of the five oceans

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Antarctica

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is cover with most from glaciers

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Artctic

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one of the five oceans

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water cycle

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name given to this regular movement of water

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Evaporation

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is the changing of water into vapor, or gas

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condensation

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excess water vapor changes into liquid water

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Pacific

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one of the five oceans

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Atlantic

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one of the five oceans

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Indian

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one of the five oceans

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Artctic

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one of the five oceans

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Mediterranean Sea

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is almost entirely encircled by south Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia

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Gulf of Mexico

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is nearly encircled by the coasts of the United States and Mexico

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desalination

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turning ocean water into freshwater by taking the salt out

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Groundwater

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freshwater that lies beneath the Earth's surface, comes from rain and melted snow which filtered through the soil and from water that seeps into the ground from lakes and rivers

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aquifer

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important source of freshwater and is and underground porous rock layer often saturated by very slow flows of water