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Anthropogenic

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created or influenced by people

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Geography

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the study of the spatial relationships among earths physical and cultural features and how they develop and change over time.

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atmosphere

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the layer of gases surrounding earth

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biosphere

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All life on earth

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lithosphere

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the ridged outer layer of the earth, called the crust and the heated layer beneath it down to about 100 km

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hydro sphere

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All of earth water in its three phases, solid, liquid and gas.

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the three major global zones

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tropics, 0-23.5 mid latitudes 23.5-55, high latitudes 55-90

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map

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most efficient means of communicating spatial information

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remote sensing

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data collected from a distance, Passive: energy comes from thing being measured.
Active: energy comes from instrument

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GIS

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geographic information system. a system that uses computers to capture, store, analyze and display spatial data.

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hypothese

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a well thought out, testable idea that poses an answer to your original question

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scientific theory

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constructed from many hypotheses that are all tested and supported by the available evidence.