Chapter 2 World Cultures

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christians believe tha earths features were altered dramatic by what?

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cataclysm

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every variation in landscape is called a?

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landform

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when many mountains appear together?

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mountain range

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wide areas of LEVEL land??

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plains

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nutrient-rich soil deposited by rivers??

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alluvium

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wide areas of Flat land that Rise abruptly above surrounding land

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plateaus

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a river and all its tributaries

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river system

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another term for the SOURCE of a river is its

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headwaters

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longest river in the united states

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missisippi

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amount of water that flows from a river is

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discharge

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total area from which a river and its tributaries get their water is the

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drainage basin

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sheltered body of deep water next to the shore

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harbor

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areas of stagnant water are collectively known as

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wetlands

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spongy areas of lands that look dry but are covered w wet organic materials

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bogs

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areas of visible standing water with small vegetation that has its roots submerged

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marshes

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areas in tropics that suport many trees and form a canopy over the forest floor

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tropical rain forest

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tropical grasslands with only a few scattered trees

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savannas

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areas with trees such as pines firs that grow cold harsh suppolar climate

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coniferous forests

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soil that remains frozen all year

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permafrost

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areas with trees that have broad flat leaves and requires alot of water and a growing season of 4 months

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deciduous forest

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period of time where Huge ice glaciers covered Canada and north parts of Europe and USA

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ice age

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three parts of the earth as God divided it

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atmosphere

lithosphere

hydrosphere

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three layers of the earth

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crust

mantle

core

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earth surface is divided into 2 types of continents

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island

continents

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determining factor between mountain or hill

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height of the two

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largest ocean on earth

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pacific ocean

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water fully enclosed by land

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lakes

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water parcially enclosed by land

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seas

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theory:earths surface is broken into peices that crash into and pull apart-causing earthquakes

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techtanic plates

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deep cracks in earth where two landmasses move Away from eachother

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faults

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breakdown of rocks by water wind plant roots and temperature changes

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weathering

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removal of small peices of rock or soil

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erosion

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one of the three ways God has provided to distribute the earths thermal energy

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seasons changing

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polar region

temperate zone

tropics

equator

tropics

temperate polar

region

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the earth