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59 Cards in this Set
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what is site?
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were something is being located.
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what is absolute location?
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exact spot were something is found on earth.
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what is situation?
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a posistion to a place in realitive to another place.
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what is a drought?
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little to no rain for a long period of time.
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what is relative location?
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something related to another place.
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what is spacial interactions?
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the movment of people,goods and ideas.
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whats cartography?
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study of mapmaking.
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what is topography?
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studys the earths surface.
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what is meteorology?
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predicts weather.
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the 5 themes of geography are....?
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location,place,human-environment interaction,movement and region.
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the place is?
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every place on earth has special characteristics that make it different from every other place.
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hei is?
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people are constantly interacting with their surroundings.
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movment is?
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people goods and ideas move continuously.
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region is?
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an area defined by common characteristics.
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this is the end of?
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chapter 1 review.
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the solar system is?
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the sun and the eigth planets and all other objects that revolve around the sun.
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a satellite is?
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a body that orbits a larger body.
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what is a planet?
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a spherical object that orbits around a star.
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a rotation is?
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the act of turning around an axis; one complete spin of earth on its axis; which takes 24 hours.
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a revolution is?
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earth going around the sun; which takes one year.
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tropics are?
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warm areas in low lattitudes surrounding the equator.
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a polar region is?
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cold areas near the north and south poles in high lattitude.
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a solstice is a?
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earths axis pointing the greatest angle toward or away from the sun.
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the tropic of capicorn is?
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the line of lattitude, 23 1/2 degrees south of the equator.
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the antartic circle is
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th line of lattitude, 66 1/2 of the equator.
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artic circle is?
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line of lattitude, 66 1/2 degrees north of the equator.
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tropic of cancer is?
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23 1/2 north of the equator.
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equinox is?
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earth is at a 90 degree angle to the sun.
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earth system?
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the interactions of elements on and around the earth.
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atmosphere?
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the layer of gases that surround our earth.
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lithosphere?
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the solid surface of the planet that forms the continents and ocean floor.
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hydrosphere?
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a physical system made up of all of earths water.
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biosphere?
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the part of earth in which all of the planets plants and animal life exists.
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this is the end of?
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chp 2 vocab
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weather?
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the condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time
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climate?
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weather conditions averaged over a long period of time.
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tempurature?
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the measurement of heat energy in the atmosphere.
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greenhouse affect?
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heat energy trapped by the atmosphere.
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air pressure?
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the mesaurement of the force exerted by air.
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prevailing winds?
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blows in the same direction for months at the same time each year.
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trade winds?
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air movment from the sub tropcal high pressure zone to the low pressure zone.
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dolddrums?
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calm areas along the equator with no prevailing winds.
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westerly?
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preavailing mid lattitude wind flowing from west to east.
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polar wind?
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high lattitude preevailing wind flowing from east to west.
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front?
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2 air masses with different tempuratures and moisture meet.
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landsat?
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sattilates that reveal the condition of the enviroment.
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evaporation?
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water changing to a gas
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humidity?
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amount of water vapor
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condonsation?
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vapor to a gas to a liquid.
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hurricane/typhoon?
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tropical storms that usally form over warm ocean waters.
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tornado?
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twisting air usally in mid lattitude storms.
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elevation?
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above or below sea level height.
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monsoon?
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reversed winds that bring wet and dry seasons.
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orographic effect?
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warm moist airfrom an ocean meets an mountain causing a great deal of moisture on the windward side and dryness on the leeward side.
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steppe?
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short grass vegetation
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permafrost?
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conditions in the tundra regions when the surface remains frozen.
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remote sensor?
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attached to sattilites used to collect information.
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precipitation?
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condensed droplets of water that fall to earth as rain sleet snow or hail.
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rain shadow effect?
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formation of a desert on the leeward side of a mountain due to a lack of moisture.
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