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Geography
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the study of the Earth and the way people, plants, and animals live on it.
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landform
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shape of the surface of land
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plain
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a large area of flat land
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plateau
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high, flat land that is raised above surrounding land
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climate
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weather a place has over a long period of time
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coast
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land next to an ocean
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peninsula
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land that has water on all sides but one
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environment
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the air, water, land, and living things around us
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wildlife
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animals that live naturally in an area
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minerals
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things found in Earth that are not plants or animals
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recycling
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using something over again
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natural resource
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something found in nature that people use
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Two examples of minerals are?
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iron and salt
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Recycling is a good way to ?
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save natural resources
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The ______ is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth.
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equator
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Identify the four main landforms.
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plains, plateau, hills, and mountains
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What are the cardinal directions?
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North, South, East, and West
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What are the intermediate directions?
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Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest
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What is a hemisphere?
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half of a sphere
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Name the four hemisphere which we divide the Earth into.
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Eastern Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, and Southern Hemisphere
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