geography
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- stewardship
- to keep up or keep going, as an action or process
- GIS
- Geographic Information System
- calorie
- a unit of the energy supplied by food
- recycle
- to put wastes, garbage, or the like, through a cycle of purification and conversion to useful products
- volcano
- a cone-shaped hill or mountain around this opening, built up of the material that is forced out
- tundra
- a vast, level, treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in summeril
- food reserves
- help prevent shortages after poor farming years
- deciduous forests
- forests of trees that shed leaves each year
- equator
- an imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
- earthquake
- a shaking or sliding of the ground. It is caused by the sudden movement of masses of rock along a fault or by changes in the size and shape of masses of rock far beneath the earth's surface
- nickel
- a metallic chemical element that looks like silver and is somewhat like iron. Nickel is hard and used as an alloy and in electroplating
- igneous rock
- produced by fire, great heat, or the action of a volcano; solidified from a molten state. Igneous rock is formed by the cooling and solidification of magma
- petroleum
- an oily, dark-colored, flammable liquid found in the earth, consisting mainly of a mixture of various hydrocarbons
- latitude
- distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees
- legume
- a plant which bears pods containing a number of seeds
- nutrients
- a nourishing substance
- livestock
- farm animals; domestic animals raised for their working ability or for their value as a source of food and other products
- metallurgy
- the science or art of metals. It includes the study of their properties and structure, the separation and refining of metals from their ores, the production of alloys, and the shaping and treatment of metals by heat and rolling
- biome
- a natural community of plants and animals, its composition being largely controlled by climatic conditions
- Mercator
- A Mercator chart represents the meridians and parallels of latitude as straight lines
- fertilizer
- manure, or any organic substance, or a chemical that makes soil richer in plant foods when it is spread over or put into soil
- coal
- a solid, hard black substance that burns and gives off heat. Coal is composed mostly of carbon. It is formed from partly decayed vegetable matter under great pressure and heat in the earth
- parallel
- any of the imaginary circles around the earth parallel to the equator, marking degrees of latitude
- protein
- a substance that is a necessary part of the cells of animals and plants
- Canadian Shield
- a huge, rocky region that curves around Hudson Bay like a giant horseshoe. The Shield covers half the land area of Canada
- Human geography
- concentrates on patterns of human activity and on their relationships with the enviro
- Leduc
- On 13 Feb 1947, the Leduc No 1 well, in Alberta, successfully tapped the huge Leduc oil field. By the end of 1947, some 30 wells in the field were producing 3500 barrels of oil a day
- Peterson
- a type of map projection that depicts the continents' sizes more accurately than Mercator
- meridians
- an imaginary circle passing through any place on the earth's surface and through the North and South poles
- grasslands
- land with grass on it
- pulses
- the seeds of a group of plants, such as peas, beans, and lentils, used as food
- salt
- a white substance found in the earth and in seawater; sodium chloride; table salt. Salt is used to season and preserve food and in many industrial processes
- scale
- the mathematical relationship by which distances on a map reduce actual distances on earth
- tropical rain forests
- a woodland of tall trees growing in a region of year-round warmth and abundant rainfall
- petrochemical
- a chemical made or derived from petroleum or natural gas
- soil conservation
- preventing soil erosion from water and wind
- famine
- lack of food in a place; time of starving
- cereal grains
- corn, wheat, rice, and other grasses
- niche
- the ecological "job and address" of a plant or animal in nature
- bitumen
- the heaviest, thickest form of petroleum
- topography
- the surface features of a place or region. The topography of a region includes hills, valleys, streams, lakes, bridges, tunnels, and roads
- geographic grids
- networks of imaginary lines that help us find and describe places on earth
- contour map
- a map showing heights at regular intervals above sea level by means of contour lines
- metamorphic rock
- Rock changed in structure by heat, moisture, and pressure
- Thomas Malthus
- English economist: Said that population tends to increase more rapidly than food supplies
- minerals
- substance obtained by mining or digging in the earth
- longitude
- distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured in degrees from a certain meridian (line from the North to the South Pole)
- environment
- all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things
- compass
- an instrument for showing directions, consisting of a needle or compass card that points to the north magnetic pole, which is near the North Pole
- map legend
- lists and explains the symbols and colors used on a map
- projections
- a number of mathematical methods that cartographers use to produce a flat map of the round earth
- potash
- ny on of several substances made from various minerals, wood ashes, blast furnace dust, or the like, and used in making soap, fertilizers, and glass
- uranium
- a white, radioactive metallic chemical element that weighs more than any other element in nature
- prime meridian
- zero degree of longitude
- Tectonic Movement
- belonging to the structure of the earth's crust and to general changes in it, such as folding or faulting
- coniferous forests
- forests of trees that bear cones
- consumerism
- concentration on producing and distributing goods for a market which must constantly be enlarged
- Mollweide
- a type of homolographic map projection in which the surface of the earth is represented as an ellipse, with the equator and parallels of latitude as straight lines
- sedimentary rock
- rocks fromed from sediment derived not only from rock fragments but also from plant and animal remains
- temperate
- not very hot, and not very cold
- savannas
- a region of grassland with scattered trees lying between the equatorial forest and the hot deserts in either hemisphere
- renewable resources
- a resource that can be renewed, solar, wind
- pesticides
- any one of various substances used to kill harmful insects (insecticide), fungi (fungicide), vermin, or other living organisms that destroy or inhibit plant growth, carry disease, or are otherwise harmful
- GPS
- Geographic Positioning System
- distortion
- a distorting; twisting out of shape
- geography
- the study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, countries, peoples, industries, and products
- Physical geography
- concerned with the locations of such earth features as land, water, and climate; their relationship to one another and to human activities; and the forces that create and change them
- cartography
- the making or study of maps or charts
- organic production
- grown or prepared with natural fertilizers or without the use of insecticides and other chemicals: organic food
- iron ore
- The term "iron ore" is used when the rock is sufficiently rich in iron minerals to be mined economically