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TERMS
Changes within the Earth
Changes on the Earth's Surface
Themes of Geography
Misc.
100
Small particles of soil, sand, and gravel
What are sediments?
100
The Crust
On what layer of the earth do people live?
100
The breakdown of rocks at or near the earth's surface into smaller and smaller pieces.
What is Weathering?
100
Human and Physical Charasteristic.
The characteristic of a place consist of its
100
Ridgelike piles of rocks and debris left behind by glaciers.
What are morains?
200
A circle of of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
What is the Ring of Fire?
200
Mountains, Valleys, Hill, Plains, Canyons, Plateaus
What is are 4 major land forms?
200
Water Erosion (Colorado River)
What created the Grand Canyon?
200
The movement of goods, people, and ideas
What is movement?
200
frostwedging and seeds may take roots in cracks in rocks
What are two example of mechanical weather?
300
Windblown deposite of snad and silt
What are loess?
300
Volcanoes and Earthquakes
What two internal forces help in shaping landforms?
300
water, wind, and glaciers
What are the 3 agents of Erosion?
300
Farming, Fishing, Grazing animals, Forestry
What are some examples of Human-Enviromental interactions?
300
Fossils and Jiggsaw puzzle
What evidence supported the Continental Drift theory?
400
A viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences.
What is perception?
400
Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, and Outer Core
What are the four layers of the earth?
400
Chemicals in the polluted ari combine with water vapor.
What is acid rain?
400
Areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area.
What are a Formal Regions?
400
There was once a "supercontient" call pangaea that broke up into separate continents.
What is the Contiental Drift Theory?
500
The Study of the earth's physical sturcture and History
What is Geology?
500
Continent
What is the name given to a large landmass?
500
Mechanical-rock is broken or weakened physically Chemical-alters the chemical make up of the rock
What are the differences between Mechanical and Chemical Weathering?
500
Region
The Amazon Basin is an example of which theme
500
The earth's outer shell is not a solid sheet of rock. Instead it's a bunch of moving plates.
What is the plate tectonic theory?