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31 Cards in this Set
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What is the study of where people, places and things are located and how they relate to each other?
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GEOGRAPHY
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What do you call a group of places that have similar attributes?
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FORMAL REGION
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What do you call a map that has greater distortions than Robinson but shapes are well defined?
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MERCATOR PROJECTION MAP
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A group of places that is defined by the people's feeelings and attitudes is called what?
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PERCEPTUAL REGIONS
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What do you call a map that is more closely shaped like the earth itself and less distorted?
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ROBINSON PROJECTION MAP
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The use technology to cvollect, manipulate, analyze and display data about the earth's susrface in order to solve geopraphic problems.
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GSI Global Information System
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The exact position of a place on the globe.
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ABSOLUTE LOCATION
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A place's relation compared to other places. (Faith is near 114)
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RELATIVE LOCATION
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The Equator divides the world into north & south. The Prime Meridian divided the world into two halves.( east and west)
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HEMISPHERE
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Character of a Place is what?
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physical and human characteristics that help to distinquish it from other places.
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A viewpoint that is influence by one's own culture and experience
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PERCEPTION
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A group of places connected by movement like : the region that is drained by the Amazon River
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FUNCTIONAL REGION
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Describe the earth's CORE?
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1) very hot metal
2) dense 3 solid inner core 4) liquid outer core |
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What is the thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath the earth's surface?
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MANTLE
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What is the solid, rocky SURFACE
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CRUST
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The surface of the earth that has soil, rock and landforms is called what?
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CRUST
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The layer of gases, water vapor, and other substances over the surface of the earth is called what?
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ATMOSPHERE
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The water contained in the earth that includes oceans, lakes, rivers and underground water is ____?
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HYDROSPHERE
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The world of plants, animals and humans that live on the land and in the waters of the earth is ____?
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BIOSPHERE
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What is a continent?
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Any of the seven large masses that cover the earth
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What is the difference in elevation or height of the landforms in any particular area called? Ex: Grand Canyon
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RELIEF
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What is the theory that says that the earth's outer shell is composed of large unanchored slaabs of rock whose constant movement explains earthquakes and volcanoes
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PLATE TECHTONICS
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What is the theory called that sys that continents slowly shift their position as they ride the tectonic plates as they move.
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT
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WHAT IS THE RING OF FiRE?
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a ring of volcanic mountains surrounding the Pacific Ocean
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What is the idea that the earth once had one giant mass that explorer Wegner proposed broke up to form the continents?
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PANGAEA (supercontinent)
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What is WEATHERING?
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The break down of rock
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The actual breaking up of rock by PHYSICAL WEAKENING by forces such as ICE AND ROOTS is called?
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MECHANICAL WEATHERING
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The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed is called?
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CHEMICAL WEATHERING
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What is RAIN whose high concentration of chemicals from POLLUTION kills plants and animal life and causes chemical weathering of rocks?
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ACID RAIN
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What is SEDIMENT?
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Particles of soil, sand and gravel that are carried by wind and water.
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What is huge slow moving mass of snow and ice?
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GLACIER
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