northeast environment
Terms
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- aquaculture
- the business of raising fish or shellfish in tanks or artificial ponds.
- bay
- a part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into the land
- blubber
- whale fat, once used to make fuel for lighting.
- canton
- a governmental division of Switzerland
- chlorophyll
- pigment found in plant leaves that traps the energy in sunlight for use by the plant.
- degree
- A unit for measuring distance on the Earth's surface.
- export
- to sell goods to another country.
- Fall Line
- the line at which the Piedmont plateau and the Coastal Plain meet, and waterfalls form at rivers.
- glacier
- A huge sheet of ice that slowly moves across the land.
- global grid
- The crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map or globe.
- harbor
- A sheltered place along a coast where boats can be docked.
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Industrial
Revolution - The major change starting in the 1800's, in which power-driven machines replaced hand tools, and goods could be produced much faster.
- kerosene
- A fuel made from petroleum used for lighting, for cooking and in jet aircraft engines.
- landlocked
- Completely surrounded by land.
- latitude
- A measure of distance on Earth north or south of the equator.
- longitude
- A measure of distance on Earth east or west of the prime meridian.
- meridian
- A line of longitude
- needleleaf
- Having thin, needle-like leaves; said of softwood trees that do not drop their leaves in autumn.
- parallel
- A line of latitude.
- pigment
- Any substance that gives something color.
- prime meridian
- The line of longitude, marked 0 degrees, from which other meridians are numbered.
- timberline
- The line on high mountains or in polar regions beyond which it is too cold for trees to grow. (p. 169)
- Chesapeake Bay
- A Bay of the Atlantic Ocean shared by Maryland and Virginia. (p. 162)