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The study of the surface of the Earth, to include the atmospheric sciences, hydrology, physical oceanography, geology, geomorphology, soil science and plant ecology and the processes that act on it.
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Physical Geography
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The aggregate of social, physical, and cultural conditions that influence the life of an individual or a community, i.e., the surroundings.
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Environment
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Consists of the entire "solid" portion of the Earth. It includes the Crust and the upper portion of the Mantle.
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Lithosphere
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A thin gaseous envelope that surrounds the Earth.
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Atmosphere
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Zone of the Earth which contains the free water in either the soid, liquid, or gaseous state.
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Hydrosphere
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The entire realm where life (plant and anima) is found on Earth.
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Biosphere
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A cloud of interstellar gas and dust about 1.0 light years wide.
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Nebula
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Any plane that is passed through the center of a sphere bisects the sphere and creates a great circle where it intersects the surface of the sphere.
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Great Circle
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The edge of the sunlight hemisphere that is a great circle separating the Earth into a light and dark half.
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Circle of Illumination
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Imaginary plane that passes through the Earth halfway between the poles and perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
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Equator
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Plane passing through a sphere that does not pass through its center.
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Small Circle
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A line connecting all points of the same latitude.
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Parallel
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An imaginary line of longitude extending from pole, crossing all parallels at right angles, and being aligned in true north-south directions.
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Meridian
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The angle at which the sun's rays strike the Earth's surface.
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Angle of Incidence
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The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1.0 gram of a substance by 1 degree C
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Specific Heat
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"Work" or the capacity to do useful work.
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Energy
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A form of energy associated with the random motion of molecules.
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Heat
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A measure of the degrees of "hotness" and "coldness" of a substance
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Temperature
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Concept of the relative temperature that is sensed by a person's body.
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Sensible Temperature
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The rate of temperature decrease with height in the troposphere.
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Lapse Rate
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A situation in which temperature increases upward, and the normal condition is inverted.
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Temperature inverision
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