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- tundra
- a region where temps are always cold or cool
- community
- all the people living in the same place and subject to the same laws
- Perma current
- the cold water current of the S.E. Pacific Ocean
- equator
- an imaginary line between the N and S
- climate
- the weather patterns that an area experiences
- latitude
- the series of imaginary lines also called paralles
- icy desert
- a cold desert usually near the poles
- landform
- an area on the earths surface with a definate shape
- tropical
- a climate that is very hot and humid
- earthquake
- in which two plates fault creating pressure on earths surface
- vegetation
- the plants in an area
- atmosphere
- the multi-layered band of gases that surround the earth
- Great Plains
- a dry area of short grasses located in N. America
- corosion
- the process in which water wind or ice wears away landforms
- weather
- the condition of the bottom layer of the atmosphere for a short period of time
- rotation
- the spinning movement of the earth
- canopy
- a dense mass of leaves forming the top layer of a forest
- plateau
- a large flat area that rises above the surrounding land
- mercator
- maps make the poles look bigger than they are
- currents
- a flow of water, air or any liquid
- Human Environment Interaction
- interaction stresses and how people effect movement
- longitude
- a series of imaginary lines called meridans that run N & S
- Prime Meridian
- an imaginary line that is the main longitude line
- location
- the exact place on earth or landmarks near it
- movement
- explains how peoples ideas and goods get from one place to another
- axis
- an imaginary line around which the earth rotates
- geography
- study of earth's surface & the process that shape it
- place
- a locations human and physical features
- projection
- a representation of earths surface on a flat piece of paper
- region
- a place with shared land, population or climate
- volcano
- an opening in the earth's surface, which molten rock, ash and gases from inside earth escape
- revolution
- one complete orbit around the sun
- Ring of Fire
- a circle of volcanic mountains that surround the Pacific Ocean
- plate techtonics
- the theory that earth's entire crust is made up of huge slabs of rock, called plates
- temperature
- the degree of hotness or coldness
- Gulf Stream
- a warm ocean current in the N. Atlantic
- precipitation
- all forms of water