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The precise point where a place is located on earth
What is absolute location
100
The pattern of weather over a long period of time
What is climate
100
Found in or living in city
What is urban
100
A community of all living things in an area and the environment in which they live
What is ecosystem
100
The small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie just beyond a city's suburbs
What is rural fringe
200
Four labels named north, east, south, west
What is cardinal directions
200
A map that shows a particular theme, or topic
What is thematic map
200
Found in or living living in areas that are not close to the city
What is rural
200
A web is made up of many
What is food chains
200
The ring of small towns and suburbs that surround a big city
What is urban fringe
300
The symbols used on a map
What is map key or map legend
300
Geographers use these patterns to organize the earths surface into
What is regions
300
A geographic region that is well suited for permanent settlement by people
What is ecumene
300
The first cleanup efforts involved
What is point-source pollution
300
A devolved area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes. Many suburbs also have stores and businesses.
What is suburb
400
Imaginary lines to divide up space on maps
What is map grid
400
Any natural characteristics of earths surface, such as landforms and bodies of water
What is physical features
400
A society in which different cultural groups keep their own identity, beliefs, and traditions
What is plural society
400
When rainfall,snowmelt,and irrigation water run across the land, the water picks up
What is pollutants
400
A major population center made up of a large city and a smaller suburbs and towns that surround it
What is metropolitan area
500
Between the tropical and polar zones lie the...
What is temperate zones
500
Dams can be built on rivers to harness the moving waters energy and convert it to
What is hydroelectric power
500
What climate zones are likely to be found in the global ecumenic
What is the climates found in the ecumene are neither hot or cold
500
Scientists estimate that there are more than 170
What is invasive species
500
Filling in empty or rundown parts of a city with new development
What is infill
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