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- geography
- study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on earth
- what are ways a place would be described?
- physical features cultural characteristics human-environment interaction
- what is the difference between place and region?
- a place is only one area, but a region is an area of the earth's surface with similar characteristics
- why do geographers study movement
- because they are interested in the ways people, goods, and ideas, move from place to place
- what are maps used for?
- to show locations of places, landforms, and bodies of water, and where they are in relation to other parts of the earth
- how do satellites aid mapmaking?
- by providing geographic data
- why is the GIS(geographic information system) a valuble tool for examining the geography of a place?
- because it has the ability to combine information in ways that allow the user to visualize the use of space in a different way
- what are the three types of thematic maps?
- qualitative, cartograms, and flow-line maps
- continent
- landmasses above water on earth
- magma
- molten rock
- hydroloic cycle
- the continuous circulation of water betwwen the atmosphere, the oceans, and the earth
- landforms
- naturally formed features on the surface of the earth
- tectonic plate
- am enormous moving piece of earths lithosphere
- earthquake
- violent movement of the earth
- volcano
- a crack in the earths surface in which magma and other materials pour out
- weathering
- refers to physical and chemical provesses that change the characteristics of a rock on or near the earths surface
- erosion
- occurs when weathered material is moved by the action of wind, water, ice, or gravity
- what are the layers found in the earths interior?
- the core the mantel and the crust
- what is topography
- the combination of surface shape and composition of the manmade and natural landforms and their distribution in a region