Morgan Geography Unit 1 And 3

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All waters that flow into the Amazon River in South America, the

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Amazon River Basin

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2nd longest river in the world, flowing from Peru to the

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Atlantic Ocean.

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A mountain system extending along the western coast of South

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Andes Mountains

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America.

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The cool, dry, temperate grasslands of Argentina and the veld of

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Pampas

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South Africa.

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An important shipping canal across the Isthmus of Panama, linking

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Panama Canal

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the Caribbean Sea (hence the Atlantic Ocean) to the Pacific Ocean.

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A tableland region of South America in southern Argentina and

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Patagonia

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Chile, extending from the Colorado River to the Straits of Magellan, and from the Andes Mts. to the Pacific Ocean.

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A peninsula mainly in southeast Mexico between the Caribbean

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Yucatan Peninsula

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Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

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An arm of the Atlantic Ocean in southeast North America bordering on

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Gulf of Mexico

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Eastern Mexico, the southeast United States, and Cuba.

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An arm of the western Atlantic Ocean bounded by the coasts of

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Caribbean Sea

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Central and South America and the West Indies.

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A channel separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and

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Straight of Magellan

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other islands South of the continent and connection the southern

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Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.

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The distance measured north or south on the earths surface

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Latitude

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Imaginary lines that run East and West

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Latitude

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The distance measured east or west on the earths surface

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Longitude

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Imaginary lines that run North and South

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Longitude

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North, South, East, West

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Cardinal Direction

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The points halfway between Cardinal Directions

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Intermediate Directions

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NE, NW, SE, SW

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Intermediate Directions

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A table used to explain what symbols mean on a map or chart.

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Legend (Map Key)

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Used to measure distance on a map.

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Scale

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A group of places that have similar attributes and distinct

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Formal Region

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boundaries.

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A group of places connected by movement focused around one

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Functional Region

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central place.

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A group of places that is defined by peoples feelings and attitudes.

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Perceptual Region

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The position of a place in relation to another place.

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Relative Location

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The exact position on the earth in which a place can be found

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Absolute Location

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An imaginary line that circles the earth at 23.5 degrees

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Tropic of Cancer

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North latitude.

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An imaginary line that circles the earth at 23.5 degrees

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Tropic of Capricorn

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South latitude.

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The imaginary boundary between the North and South hemispheres (zero degrees latitude)

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Equator

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The zero meridian used as a line for measuring east and west

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Prime Meridian

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(longitude)

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An imaginary line that circles the earth at 66.5 degrees North

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Arctic Circle

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(latitude)

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An imaginary line that circles the earth at 66.5 degrees

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Antarctic Circle

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South latitude

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Ways of showing the earth on a flat page in an effort to make the

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Map Projections

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best possible representation with the least amount of distortion.

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To bring in merchandise, commodities, workers etc. from a foreign

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Import

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country

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To ship merchandise, commodities, workers etc. to another country

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Export

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North American Free Trade Agreement

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NAFTA

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An agreement for free trade between US, Canada, and Mexico

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NAFTA

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A person who moves from place to place to get work

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Migrant Worker

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A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an

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Rainforest

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annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

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Farming with the goal of providing the basic needs for self and

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Subsistence Farming

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family

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The raising of crops or livestock to sell in markets

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Commercial Farming

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A large estate or farm especially in a hot country where crops such

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Plantations

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as cotton, coffee, tea, or rubber trees are grown, usually worked

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by resident laborers

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To bring a supply of water to a dry area, especially in order to help

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Irrigation

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crops to grow

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A farm crop grown for sale and profit

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Cash Crops

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The process of stripping the land of its trees

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Deforestation

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The preservation, management, and care of natural and cultural

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Conservation

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resources

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Tourism that encourages environmental awareness and has little

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Ecotourism

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effect on the ecosystem

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The way in which land is used especially in farming and city

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Land Use

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planning

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An economic activity that uses or takes natural resources directly

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Primary Economic

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Activity

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An economic activity where people use raw materials to produce or make new products of greater value

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Secondary Economic

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Activity

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An economic activity where people seek to serve others

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Tertiary Economic

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Activity

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An economic activity that focuses on the transferring of information, such as a teacher or researcher

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Quaternary Economical

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Activity

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A small scale manufacturing operations using very little technology

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Cottage Industry

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A large scale manufacturing operation

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Commercial Industry

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An economic system that is controlled by a single central

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Command Economy

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government

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An economic system where decisions about production are determined by supply and demand

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Market Economy

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An economic system based on the idea of subsistence farming

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Traditional Economy

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Total value of all goods and services produced within a country in

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Gross Domestic Product

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one year

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(GDP)

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Total value of all goods and serviced produced within a country in one year divided by the population

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Gross National Product

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(GNP)

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Countries within Latin

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Study Maps

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America

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The study of where people and places are located and how they

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Geography

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relate to each Other.

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Geographic Information Systems – technology used to collect,

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GIS

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manipulate, analyze, and display data about the earth’s surface in

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order to solve geographic problems.

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Halves, as in the Northern Hemisphere, or, Southern Hemisphere.

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Hemisphere

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The Physical and Human characteristics of a place.

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Character of a Place

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A viewpoint that is influenced by one’s own culture and experiences.

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Perception

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A thick layer of rock.

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Mantle

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Center of the earth consists of very hot metal, mainly iron mixed

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Core

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with some nickel.

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Soil, rocks, landforms, and other surface features.

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Lithosphere

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The layer of air, water, and other substances above the surface.

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Atmosphere

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Consists of water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and even under the

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Hydrosphere

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ground.

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The world of plants, animals, and other living things that occupy

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Biosphere

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the land and waters of the planet.

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The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest points.

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Relief

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The theory that the earth’s outer shell is composed of a number of

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Plate Tectonics

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large, unanchored plates, or slabs of rock, whose constant

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movement explains earthquakes and volcanic activity.

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The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to

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Continental Drift

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movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride.

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Theory

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A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.

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Ring of Fire

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The breakdown of rock at or near the earth’s surface into smaller

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Weathering

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and smaller pieces.

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Occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically.

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Mechanical

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Weathering

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The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is

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Chemical

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changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a

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Weathering

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breakdown of the rock.

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Rain whose high concentration of chemicals, usually from

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Acid Rain

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industrial pollution, pollutes water, kills plant and animal life,

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and eats away at the surface of stone and rock.

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The movement of weathered materials such as gravel, soil, and sand.

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Erosion

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Small particles of soil sand and gravel.

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Sediment

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The windblown deposits of mineral-rich dust and silt.

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Loess

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Huge, slow-moving sheets of ice.

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Glacier

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A ridge like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and

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Moraine

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deposited by a glacier.