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cardinal directions |
(n) The directions North, South, East, West. I used cardinal directions on my compass when I was lost in the woods 3 days ago. |
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geography |
(n) The study of Earth. In our class, we study the 5 themes of geography. |
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latitude |
(n) The distance north or south of earth equator, in degrees. The Equator is the most famous for its line of latitude. |
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longitude |
(n) The distance east or west of Earth's Prime Meridian in degrees The most famous line of longitude is the Prime Meridian. |
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hemisphere |
(n) Half of the earth I live in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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movement |
(n) Explains how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to the other In the year 2019 new music moves from one country to another with radio, television, and internet. |
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place |
(n) Includes the human features and physical features of a location When talking about the place of Allendale, we can say that most adults use a cell phone every day. |
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map |
(n) A diagrammatic representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.
I bought a map yesterday. |
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parallel |
(adj) (of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) Side by side and having the same distance continuously between them. I live parallel to my Aunt's House. |
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prime Meridian |
(n) The earth's zero of longitude, which by convention passes through Greenwich, England.
I live right on the Prime Meridian, and it is always really hot there. |
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human/environment interaction |
(n) Human/environment interaction is when humans do something to nature and/or nature does something to the humans I and my brother caused some Human/Environment Interaction. |
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region |
(n) An area or division, especially the part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
I and my brother live in the Northern region of the world. |
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location |
(n) A particular place or position.
I live in a very dangerous location. |
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meridian |
(n) A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles.
I live on a part of the world called a meridian. |
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population |
(n) All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country. Our town population is 1,538. |
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population distribution |
(n) Population distribution means the pattern of where people live. World population distribution is uneven. The senior population distribution is 61 people or 8.5 % are 65 to 74. |
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population density |
(n) The number of people living in each unit of area (such as a square mile).
The population density of a row of bleachers is 23. |
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demography |
(n) The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations. The demographers went to investigate Malaysia and see if it has a good education. |
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wealth |
(n) When somebody has a lot of money. Bob is wealthy because his parents are billionaires. |
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poverty |
(n) When somebody doesn't have much money. Some people in Africa are living in poverty because they are not rich. |
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developing nation |
(n) A nation where the average income is much lower than in industrial nations, where the economy relies on a few export crops, and where farming is conducted by primitive methods. In many developing nations, rapid population growth threatens the supply of food. Developing nations have also been called underdeveloped nations. Most of them are in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. I am happy that I don't live in a developing nation, because then I might be very poor. |
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developed nation |
(n) A developed country, industrialized country, more developed country, or “more economically developed country” is a sovereign state that has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations. I live in the United States of America, which is a developed nation. |
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rural |
(adj.) in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town. I live in the Sahara Desert, which is a rural area. |
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urban |
(adj.) in, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city. We live in an urban area in Pennsylvania. |
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consume |
(v.) eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink). I consumed a large piece of broccoli. Then I threw up. |
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megacity |
(n) a very large city, typically one with a population of over ten million people. I live in NYC, which is a megacity. |
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Robinson Projection |
(n) a flat map that shows the entire world, and all it's elevation, heat population, etc. My Robinson Projection map showed me what the elevation is in some parts of Africa. |
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Water Treatment |
(n) the process of cleaning water. I work in a water treatment facility, which means I help clean water for people to drink. |
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Water Meter |
(n) measures the amount of water coming into your house/business. My company has a water meter that measures all the water coming into the company. |
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Hydrologic |
(n) the continuous cycle in which water evaporates, travels into the air and becomes part of a cloud, falls down to earth as precipitation, and then evaporates again, and the whole process starts over. Since the cycle never ends, we could be drinking water that dinosaurs drank. |
