World Geography

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Absolute Location

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The exact place on earth, where a geographic feature is found.

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Relative Location

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Describes a place in relation to other places around it.

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Equator

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Imaginary line that divides the world into northern and southern parts.

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Prime Meridian

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Imaginary line used to measure longitude (east to west).

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Longituted

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Imaginary lines used to measure east or west. (Vertical lines)

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Latitude

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Imaginary lines used to measure north or south. (Horizontal lines)

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Hemisphere

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Each half of the globe

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Globe

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3-D dimensional representation of the earth.

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Topographic Map

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Representation of natural and man-made features on earth.

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Core

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The earths center. Made of iron and nickel. Inner core is solid, outer core is liquid.

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Mantle

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Between the crust and core. 1800 miles thick.

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Lava

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Magma that has reached earths surface.

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Magma

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Molten rock formed when solid rock in earths mantle or crust melts.

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Lithosphere

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Solid Rock portion of earths surface.

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Seismograph

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Device that measures the size of waves created by earthquakes.

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Richter Scale

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A way to measure information collected by seismographs to determine the strength of an earthquake.

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Ring of Fire

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The line of volcanoes that lines the pacific rim.

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Epicenter

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Point on earths surface where a earthquake begins.

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Mechanical Weathering

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Natural process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces.

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Chemical Weathering

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Process that changes rock into a new substance.

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Loess

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Wind blown silt that produces very fertile soil.

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Moraine

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Ridge or hill of rock carried and finale deposited by a glacier.

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Weather

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Condition of atmosphere at a particular location and time.

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Climate

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The typical weather conditions at a particular location as observed over time.

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Drougt

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A long period without rain or with very minimal rainfall.

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Tornado

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A powerful funnel shaped column of spiralling air.

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Hurricane

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A storm that forms over warm, tropical ocean waters.

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Tundra

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Flat treeless lands forming a ring around the arctic ocean.

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Permafrost

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Permanantly frozen ground.

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Convection

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The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by upward motion of air.

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Delta

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Fan-like land form, at the end of a river entering the ocean, made of deposited sediment.

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Ecosystem

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An interdependent community of plants and animals.

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Biome

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A regional ecosystem

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Deciduous

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A named characteristic of broadleaf trees, such as maple, oak, birch, and cottonwood.

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Coniferous

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Another word for needleleaf trees.

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Chaparral

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the term, in some locations, for a biome of drought-resistant trees.

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Steppe

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The term used for the temperat grassland region in the Northern hemisphere.

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Innovation

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Taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet a need.

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Acculturation

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The cultural change that occurs when individuals in a society accept or adopt an inovation

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Birthrate

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The number of live births per total population, often expressed per thousand population.

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Fertility Rate

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The avrage number of children a women of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country.