S.S. midterm
Terms
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copy deck
- globes to maps
- maps are slightly distorted 'cause the world is round
- causes of erosion
- water-ice-wind
- imgrate
- to move into a new country
- spheres
- atmosphere/lithosphere/hydrosphere/biosphere
- climate
- usual,predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time
- lithosphere
- the earths hard outer shell (Land areas)
- compass rose
- shows directions on a map N-S-E-W
- weather
- unpredictable changes in the air over a short period of time
- desert
- land with very little precipitation and scarce vegitation
- geography
- the study of earth an d all it's variety
- population
- average # of people per square mile
- ithsmus
- narrow stretch of land that connects 2 larger land areas
- sun's rays
- they mostly point toward the tropics
- refugee
- person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster
- plateu
- a large raised area of mostly level land
- source of a river
- place where river or stream begins
- Latitude
- east to west/ Equator/
- plate tectonics
- huge slabs of rock that move
- topsoil
- first layer of soil that is very rich in nutrients
- hemispheres
- half spheres of the earth
- export
- to sell goods to another country
- ground water
- 10 times more water underground than in lakes & rivers
- political
- boundaries
- hydrosphere
- all the earths water
- regions
- areas that share common characteristics
- 3 layers
- core-mantle-crust
- GPS
- group of sattilite orbiting around the earth used to pinpoint absolute location
- quota
- limit placed on the ammount of a product that can be imported from a country
- (types of maps) physical
- landforms and waterways
- oceans
- artic-indian-pacific-atlantic
- grid system
- used to find the exact spot of a place using latitude & longitude
- scale bar
- determines distance on a map
- fossils
- preserved remains or impresions of dead organisms
- key
- explains the symbols shown on a map
- bay
- smaller version a gulf
- mesa
- broad, flat topped landform with steep side; smaller than a plateau
- tributary
- a smaller river/ stream that flows into a larger river/ stream
- absolute location
- the exact location of a place
- straight
- narrow body of water tha connects 2 larger bodies of water
- cartogragher
- a person who makes maps
- weathering
- natural process that breaks up surface material into smaller pieces
- inuits
- native americans/live in quebec
- emigrate
- to leave your country
- continents
- north america-south america- europe - africa- asia-australlia
- GIS
- special computer software that helps geogaphers gather information about different places
- Canada
- 10 province 3 territorys
- erosion
- the process of wearing away lannd by moving it
- delta
- land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and depostited at it's , flat, low_lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth
- faults
- cracks in the earths crust
- physical canada
- rockies-coast plains-great plains-great lakes-hudson bay-canadian shield-grand banks
- mouth of a river
- place where a river empties out into a large body of water
- physical U.S.
- rocky mountains-Great Plains-Mississippi river-Great Lakes(homes)-appalachin mountains
- relief
- the changes in elevation over a given area of land
- contour
- elevation
- Canada
- british monarch->queen elizabeth2->Ceremonial position-> prime minister
- U.S.
- most powerful country/largest economy
- artifacts
- object made by people long ago
- controversy
- a dispute between two or more sides that hold opposing viewpoints
- gulf
- large body of water that cuts into a shoreline
- frozen water
- huge majority of fresh water is either in ice caps or glaciers
- tariff
- tax added to the price of imported goods
- special purpose
- many kinds
- water
- 70% of the earth
- biosphere
- all living things on the earth and the Enviroments in which they live
- Pangea
- when all the continents where together
- elevation
- height of land above sea level
- over population
- when there are not enough resources in a place to support the # of people living there
- reletive location
- where something is in relation to other places
- states
- 48 contigous states/2 non contigous states
- atmosphere
- layer of air surrounding the earth
- Longitude
- north to south/prime meridiean/ meridians