Geography Chapter 2

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Hydrosphere

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the watery areas of the earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water

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Lithosphere

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surface land areas of the earth's crust , including continents and ocean basins

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Atmosphere

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a layer of gases extending above the earth's surface

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Biosphere

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the part of the earth shat supports life

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Eurasia

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Europe & Asia

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Isthmus of Panama

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a narrow strip of land that links north and south America

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Sinai Peninsula

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the human made Suez canal that separates Asia and Africa

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Continental Shelf

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an underwater expression of a costal plain

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Mount Everest

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the Highest point on earth in South Asia which is 29,028 feet (8,848m) above sea level

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Dead Sea

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the shore is the lowest land dry point at 1,349 feet(411 m) below sea level

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Mariana Trench

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earth's deepest depression a narrow underwater canyon 35,827 feet (10920 m) deep

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Core

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innermost layer of the earth made up of a super hot liquid but solid inner core and a liquid outer core

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Mantle

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innermost layer of the earth made up of a super hot liquid but solid inner core and a liquid outer core

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Crust

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the rocky shell forming the earth's surface

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Continental Drift

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the theory that continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart

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Plate Tectonics

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the term scientists use to describe activities of continental drift and magma flow, which creates many of the earth's physical features

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Folds

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a bend in layers of rock, sometimes caused by plate movement

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Faults

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a crack or a break in the earth's crust

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Weathering

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a crack or a break in the earth's crust

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Erosion

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wearing away of the Earth's surface by wind flowing water or glaciers

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Glaciers

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large body of ice that moves across the surface of earth

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Glaciers

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large body of ice that moves across the surface of earth

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Moraines

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large body of ice that moves across the surface of earth

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Water Cycle

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large body of ice that moves across the surface of earth

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Evaporation

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the process of converting into vapor

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Condensation

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the process of excess water turning into liquid water when liquid water vapor cools

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Precipitation

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moisture that falls to the earth as rain, sleet, hail or snow

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Pacific

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largest ocean covers more area than all of earth's land combined

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Moraines

Back 29

large body of ice that moves across the surface of earth

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Atlantic

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separates the eastern hemisphere from Europe, Middle East, and Africa

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Water Cycle

Back 31

large body of ice that moves across the surface of earth

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Evaporation

Back 32

the process of converting into vapor

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Condensation

Back 33

the process of excess water turning into liquid water when liquid water vapor cools

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Precipitation

Back 34

moisture that falls to the earth as rain, sleet, hail or snow

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Pacific

Back 35

largest ocean covers more area than all of earth's land combined

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Atlantic

Back 36

separates the eastern hemisphere from Europe, Middle East, and Africa