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20 Cards in this Set
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Human/Environmental Interaction
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Human change the environment and nature can change it back(man made lakes, hurricanes)
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Movement
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The movement of people, goods (imports/exports) and communications.
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Location
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“Where are we?” is what the theme of location answers using absolute or relative location.
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Region
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is characterized as being united in terms of government, language, or possibly its' landform or situation.
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Place
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can have physical(mountains, rivers, etc.) or human characteristics(buildings, canals, roads)
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Continent
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a landmass above water on earth
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Continental Drift
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the lateral movement of continents resulting from the motion of crustal plates
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Plate Tectonics
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a geologic theory that describes the earth's crust as dividing into a number of rigid plates.
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Equator
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the great circle on a sphere or heavenly body whose plane is perpendicular to the axis, equidistant everywhere from the two poles of the sphere or heavenly body.
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Prime Meridian
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the meridian running through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is reckoned.
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Time Zones
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one of the 24 regions or divisions of the globe approximately coinciding with meridians at successive hours from the observatory at Greenwich, England
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Tropic of Cancer
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one of the two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe which is about 23 and a half degrees north of the equator
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Tropic of Capicorn
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one of the two corresponding parallels of latitiude on the terrestrial globe which is about 23 and a half degrees south of the equator
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North and South Poles
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the northern and southern ends of the earth's axis, the northernmost and southernmost point on earth
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Tropical Climate
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near the equator,
with weather that is very hot and humid, with lots of rainfall. |
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Desert Climate
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in bands just north and south of the equator, with weather that is hot and dry.
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Northern Temperate Climate
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this is the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Artic Circle. The weather is without extremes (hot & cold) but does experience 4 seasons and can be unpredictable.
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Southern Temperate Climate
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this is the area between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle. The weather is without extremes (hot & cold) but does experience 4 seasons and can be unpredictable.
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Polar Climate
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the area around the North
and South Pole, with freezing cold weather that does not exceed 50 degrees fahrenheit in summer months and can often be 50 degrees below zero in the winter. |
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Mountain Climate
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because of its higher elevation the weather is colder in the winter and mild in the summer. Its main precipitation is snow.
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