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Define Projection Map

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A systematic transformation of the latitudes and longitudes of location on a sphere to a flat area

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Define World Geography

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A field of study that tries to make sense of the world around us, helps us understand how people, places, and environments came to be and how they effect each other

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Define GIS (Geographic Information System)

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A system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data

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Define GPS( Global Positioning System)

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a satellite-based navigation system

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Define Atmosphere

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The envelope of gases surrounding a planet

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Define Lithosphere

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The rigid outer part of earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle

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Define Biosphere

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Regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms

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Define Pangaea

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A hypothetical continent consisting all of the earth’s land masses

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Define Weathering

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The various mechanical and chemical process that cause exposed rock to decompose

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Define Erosion

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The process of being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents

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Define Continentality

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The tendency of land to experience more thermal variation than water

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Define Ecosystem

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Biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

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Define Biome

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A large naturally occurring community of living and nonliving organisms occupying a major habitat

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Define Deciduous Forest

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A forest where the trees lose their leaves at fall

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Define Coniferous Forest

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A forest with trees that bare cones

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Define Taiga

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The sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes

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Define Rain Forest

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A luxuriant, dense forest rich in biodiversity, typically found in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall

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Define Savannah

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A grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees

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Define Steppe

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A large area of flat, unforested grassland

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Define EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

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An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment

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Define AQI (Air Quality Index)

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Measure of the condition of air relative to the requirements of one or more biotic species and or to any human need or purpose

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Define Alluvial Fan

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A fan-shaped mass of alluvium deposited as the flow of a river decreases in velocity

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Define Location

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A definite or relative description of a location of a place

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Define Place

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A description of features of a place

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Define Region
A formal, functional, or perceptional boundary or area
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Define HEI (Human Environment Interaction)
How humans interact with the land
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Define Movement
How people, goods, and ideas get around
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What are the 5 Themes of Geography
Location, place, region, human environment interaction, and movement
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What are the two types of location?
Absolute (definite) and Relative (direction)
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What are the types of region?
Formal (definite boundary), Functional (different parts), and Perceptual (no definite boundary)
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What is a globe?
A 3D representation of the earth
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What are the types of projection maps?
Planar (azimuthal), conical, cylindrical (Mereator and Robinson), physical, political, and thematic
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What makes up soil?
Weathered rock, humus, air, and water
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What are the two tropics?
The Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees North) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees South)
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What are the two Circles?
The Arctic Circle (66.5 degrees North) and the Antarctic Circle (66.5 degrees South)
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What is the difference between weather and climate
Weather is short term and a particular condition of the atmosphere in a specific place at a specific time, and Climate is long term and weather conditions in a specific place over a period time
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What is LACEMOPS?
``` L - latitude A - Air Mass C - Continentality E - Elevation M - Mountain Barriers O - Ocean Currents P - Pressure Cells S - Storm Tracks ```
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What is a climate graph?
Overall climate of an area for one year
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What are the conditions for different latitudes?
``` Tropical = hot all year Middle = varies Polar = cold all year ```
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What are different air masses?
Maritime tropic, maritime polar/arctic, continental tropic, continental polar/arctic
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What are the different conditions to elevation?
Higher up = colder | Lower down = warmer
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What are mountain barriers?
Rain shadow (Orographic Effect) - windward side receives precipitation, leeward side doesn't
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What are different types of ocean currents?
Warm current and cold current
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What are the different types of pressure cells?
Low pressure = wet and cold | High pressure = hot and dry
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What are storm tracks?
Storms that are more frequent in some areas
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What is a tropical wet climate like?
Along the equator • has little variation in temperature (average 80 degrees F) • receives over 100 inches of precipitation • tall trees • small mammals, insects, and birds • rain forest
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What is a tropical wet and dry climate like?
``` Around the equator • has a wet and dry season • temps from 64 and 77 degrees F • grasses, shrubs, few trees • wide range of animals • savannah ```
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What is a semiarid climate like?
``` Near the Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn • experiences summer and winter • averages 10 to 20 inches of precipitation • few trees, small shrubs, grasses • large mammals • savanah ```
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What is the desert like?
``` Near the equator and circles • less than 10 inches of rain • little vegetation • small mammals • hot/cold days, freezing nights ```
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What is a Mediterranean climate like?
Between the topics and the circles • long summers, mild winters • hot and dry summers, wet and cool summers • temperatures between 30 and 65 degrees F • trees, shrubs, grasses • small mammals
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What is the marine west coast climate like?
``` Between tropics and circles • has summers and winters • mild and wet climate • cool summer and warm winter • 30 to 98 inches of precipitation • tall trees • birds, small mammals ```
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What is a humid subtropical climate like?
``` Between 20 and 40 degrees North and South • average temp 62 degrees F • 48 inches of precipitation • variety of vegetation • mammals, birds ```
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What is a humid continental climate like?
``` Above/below tropics • has 4 seasons • wide range of temps • between 20 to 50 inches of precipitation • wide variety of plants • small and large mammals ```
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What is the subarctic climate like?
``` Above the arctic circle • winter and summer • temps between -40 and 85 degrees F • between 10 to 20 inches of precipitation • coniferous trees • large mammals ```
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What is the tundra climate like?
``` Above the Arctic Circle • summer and winter • between -18 and 50 degrees F • between 5 to 15 inches of rain • mosses, lichens, and algae • large mammals ```
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What is the ice cap climate like?
``` Above/below the Arctic/Antarctic Circles • summer and winter • between -16 and -90 degrees F • less than 10 inches of rain • moss and lichen • penguins, seals, whales ```
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What are the highland climates like?
``` Near the tropics and equator • No seasons • temperature depends on elevation • rain depends on elevation • trees, shrubs • large mammals ```

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