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25 Cards in this Set
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Geography |
The study of the earth and all of it’s variety. |
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Environment |
Natural surroundings. |
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Geographic information system |
Special software that helps geographers father and use information about a place. |
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Global positioning system |
Group of satellites that travels around the earth which can be used to tell exact locations on the earth. |
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Artifact |
Object made by early people. |
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Summer solstice |
Day with the most hours of sunlight and the fewest hours of darkness. |
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Winter solstice |
Day with the fewest hours of sunlight. |
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Winter solstice |
Day with the fewest hours of sunlight. |
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Landform |
Individuals features of land. |
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Fossil |
Preserved remains of early humans, animals and plants. |
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Fossil |
Preserved remains of early humans, animals and plants. |
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Equinox |
Day when day and night are equal. |
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Leap year |
Year that has an extra day; occurs every fourth year. |
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Atmosphere |
Layer if air surrounding the earth. |
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Orbit |
Path that a body in the solar system travels around the sun. |
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Revolution |
One complete orbit around the sun. |
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Magma |
Hot, melted rock that sometimes flows through the earth’s surface in a volcanic eruption. |
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Plate tectonics |
Theory that the earth’s crust is not an unbroken shell but consists of plates , or huge slabs of rock, that move. |
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Earthquake |
Violent and sudden movement of the earth’s crust. |
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Tsunami |
Huge sea wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor. |
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Fault |
Crack in the earth’s crust. |
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Weathering |
Natural process that breaks surface rocks into boulders, gravel, sand and soil. |
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Erosion |
Process of wearing away or moving weathered material on the earth’s surface. |
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Glacier |
Giant slow-moving sheets of ice. |
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Elevation |
Height above sea level. |
