Geography foundations
The study of people, culture, behavior, and society
social science
Bio means
Life
The breaking down of rocks
weathering
Moving within your own nation
Internal migration
The mature layer of trees in a forest
canopy
The study of the world, its people, and its landscapes
geography
A biome is defined as…
all the living things in a place
The movement of broken pieces of rock
erosion
Moving from one nation to another
International migration
The science name for plants and animals
flora and fauna
Lines running east–west on the globe
latitude
The biosphere includes…
All life on Earth
What type of landform is made by two plates pushing together and forcing the middle to rise
plateau
Something that makes people emigrate (move away) is a
push factor
The man made changes to Earth's surface
human landscape
A location described using landmarks instead of coordinates
relative location
What is adaptation
Changing to fit in a new environment
The stone layer of the earth is called the
Lithosphere
Barriers that make migration difficult
intervening obstacles
The interaction of living and nonliving things
Ecosystems
The theme of geography that explains how and why people move
movement or migration
When a species no longer exists
extinct
Large cities become heat islands because of
extra heat created by people and their activities
Government maximums on migration
quota
A single deep plant root that helps absorb water in extreme cold environments
Tap root