vocab for Our Lady grade 7 (socialstudies)
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- Geography
- Is the study of where people, places, and things are located and of the ways in which things relate to each other.
- Absolute Location
- Its position on the earth in which a place can be found.
- Equator
- An imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point (halfway between the North an South poles), dividing the earth into two halves called hemispheres; used as a reference point from which north and south latitudes are measured.
- Hemisphere
- A halfway of the earth; the Equator divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The Prime Meridian divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
- Latitude
- One of the series of imaginary lines, also called parallels, that circle the earth parallel to the Equator; used to measure the distance north and south from the Equator in degrees.
- Longitude
- One of the series of imaginary lines, also called, meridians, that run north and south from one pole to the other; used to measure the distance east and west from the Prime Meridian in degrees.
- Prime Meridian
- An imaginary line of longitude that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwhich, England; it is designated 0 degrees longitude are measured.
- Relative Location
- The position of a place in relation to another place.
- Formal Region
- Places that have similar attributes. - Political Regions
- Funtional Region
- Places connected by movements - rail systems
- Geology
- The study of the earth's physical structure and history.
- Core
- The earth's center, consisting of every hot metal that is dense and solid in the inner core and molten,or liquid, in the outer core.
- Mantle
- A thick layer of mostly solid rock beneath the earth's crust that surrounds the earth's core.
- Crust
- The solid, rocky, surface layer of the earth.
- Continent
- Any of the seven large landmasses of the earth's surface: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.
- Relief
- The difference in evaluation, or height, of the landforms in any particular area.
- Lava
- Magma, or molten rock from the earth's mantle that breaks through the surface of the surface of the earth during volcantic activity.
- Fold
- A bend, or buckle in the earth's crust.
- Fault
- A fracture, or break, in the earth's crust.
- Plate Tectonics
- The theory that the earth's outer shell is composed of a number of large, unanchored plates, or slabs of rock, whose constant movement explains earthquakes and volcanic activity.
- Continental Drift Theory
- The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride.
- Ring of the Fire
- A ring of volcanic mountains surrounding the rim of the Pacific Ocean.