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21 Cards in this Set
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landform
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Sect.1 |
an area of the Earth's surface with a definite shape; mountains and hills are examples of landforms.
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mountain
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Sect.1 |
usually, a landform that rises more than 2000 feet above sea level and is wide at the bottom and narrow at the peak.
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hill
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Sect.1 |
a landform that rises above the surrounding land and that has a rounded top; a hill is lower and is usually less steep than a mountain
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plateau
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Sect.1 |
a large, mostly flat area that rises above the surrounding land; at least one side has a steep slope.
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plain
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Sect.1 |
a large area of flat or gently rolling land usually without many trees.
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plate techtonics
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Sect.1 |
the theory that the Earth's crust is made of huge, slowly moving slabs of rock called plates.
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plate
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Sect.1 |
in geography, a huge section of Earth's crust.
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weathering
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Sect.1 |
the breaking down of rocks by wind, rain, or ice.
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erosion
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Sect.1 |
a process by which water, wind, or ice wears away landforms and carries the material to another place.
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atmosphere
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Sect.1 |
the multilayered band of gases that surrounds the Earth.
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natural resource
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 2 |
any useful material fopund in the environment.
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raw material
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 2 |
a material or resource that is still in its natural state, before being processed or manufactured into a useful product.
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recyclable resource
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 2 |
a resource that recycles through natural processes in the environment; water, nitrogen, and carbon
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renewable resource
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 2 |
a natural resource that the envoronment continues to supply pr re[;ace as it is used. Ex. trees, water and wind
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nonrenewable resource
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 2 |
a resource that cannot be replaced once it is used; they include fossil fuels such as coal and oil, and minerals such as iron, copper and gold.
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fossil fuel
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 2 |
any one of severla nonrenewable resources such as coal, oil, or natural gas created from the remains of plants and animals
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weather
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 3 |
the condition of the bottom layer of the Earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time.
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temperature
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 3 |
the degree of hotness or coldness of something; water or air and measured with a thermometer.
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precipitation
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 3 |
all the forms of water, such as rain, sleet, hail, and snow that fall ro the ground from the atmosphere
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climate
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 3 |
the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time
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vegetation
Danielle Bitner Unit 1, Chapter 2, Section 3 |
the plants in an area
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