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The study of how the earth was formed.
What is geology
100
Windblown deposits of fine-grained salt.
What is Loess
100
A climate with ample precipitation and generally mild temperatures
What is humid subtropical climate
100
Low flat valleys through which rivers flow.
What is floodplains
100
Is a businesses owned by one person, so it is usually small.
What is proprietorship
200
Elevated ridges of an old riverbed.
What is terraces
200
The edge of landmass where the Gulf’s floor drops off into very deep water.
What is continential shelf
200
A lake formed by a flooding bayou in a low spot of land.
What is raft lakes
200
The study of how people have interacted with, changed, and adapted to different places on earth.
What is cultural geography
200
The performance of a specific task for pay.
What is services
300
A landform shaped like a fan or bird’s foot.
What is delta
300
Are created when land masses split apart and collide back together again, forming mountains, continents, and reefs.
What is tectonic forces
300
3,000 mile waterway allows ships to go from Texas to Florida
What is intracoastal waterway
300
The study of landforms, oceans, weather, and climate.
What is physical geography
300
Is the value of all goods and services produced in the United States in one year.
What is Gross Domestic Product
400
An increase in the average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere.
What is global warming
400
A fracture in the earth’s crust
What is faults
400
A branch of a river flowing away from the main stream.
What is distributary
400
Pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere.
What is atmospheric pressure
400
A system of satellites, computers, and receivers that can determine a specific location on the earth’s surface.
What is Global Positioning System
500
Suspended particles of dirt and sand carried by rivers water
What is sediment
500
A shallow body of water, especially one separated from a larger body of water
What is cheniers
500
An ecological community and its environment, functioning as a unit.
What is ecosystem
500
Created when land sinks along a fault.
What is depression lakes
500
Means concentrating on one specific thing that best suits a person or a region
What is specialization