unit 2 Flashcards
(88 cards)
1
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Earth’s center
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Core
2
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The zone that is most of Earth’s mass
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Mantle
3
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Liquid rock inside the Earth
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Magma
4
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How forces in Earth create land forms
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Plate Tectonics
5
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Plates slowly moving
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Continental drift
6
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Crust stretches and breaks
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Rift Valley
7
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Flattest surface on Earth, found on the ocean floor
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Abyssal Plain
8
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Shallow water around the continents
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Continental Shelf
9
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Deep valley at plate collisions
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Trench
10
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Bends at the surface that are compressed down
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Fold
11
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Breaks at the surface and when they move away
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Fault
12
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Decay over time
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Weathering
13
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Particles of sand, dirt, and mud
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Sediment
14
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Movement of material
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Erosion
15
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Thick masses of ice
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Glacier
16
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Elevated flatland
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Plateau
17
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Sediment build up at the base of a mountain
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Alluvial Fan
18
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Sediment buildup at the end of a river
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Delta
19
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Salt removed from the ocean
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Desalinization
20
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Movement of water in the hydrosphere
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Hydro-logic Cycle
21
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Small streams at the beginning of a river
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Head Waters
22
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When a smaller river flows into a bigger river
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Tributary
23
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The area drained by rivers
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Watershed
24
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When a river meets an inlet
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Estuary
25
Landscape that is covered in water part of the year
Wetlands
26
Water below the ground
Groundwater
27
When all spaces are filled with water
Water Table
28
The number of live births each year for every 1000 people living in a place
Birth Rate
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The process in which water vapor changes into water droplets
Condensation
30
Planting different crops in a field in alternating years
Crop Rotation
31
Plowing fields across a hill rather than up and down the hill
Contour Plowing
32
An economic system in which the government decides what to produce
Command Economy
33
All the features of people's way of life
Culture
34
Process when a culture adapts from another culture
Acculturation
35
An economic system in which businesses are privately owned
Capitalism
36
Broken down animal and plant material
Humus
37
When water turns into water vapor and rises
Evaporation
38
Downward movement of minerals in soils
Leaching
39
Destruction of forests
Deforestation
40
Replanting forests
Reforestation
41
Layers of groundwater
Aquifers
42
Communities of plants and animals
Ecosystem
43
An economic and political system in which the government owns production
Communism
44
Boundaries based on cultural traits
Cultural Boundary
45
Process of moving from one place to living in another
Migration
46
Total number of deaths each year for every 1000 people in a place
Death rate
47
A regional variety of languages
Dialect
48
Process of connections around the world
Globalization
49
Percentage of people who can read and write
Literacy Rate
50
The belief in one god
Monotheism
51
The economic system in which people choose what to buy and sell
Market Economy
52
Islamic house of warship
Mosque
53
Pride of one's country
Nationalism
54
Boundaries that follow a feature of the landscape
Natural Boundary
55
The belief in many gods
Polytheism
56
The average number of people in an area
Population Density
57
Limit to the amount of a product that can be traded
Quota
58
Taxes on imports and exports
Tariffs
59
Growth in the proportion of people living in towns and cities
Urbanization
60
People who have been forced to leave an area
Refugees
61
Allows competition to set prices
Free Enterprise
62
Manufacturing based on machines
Industrialization
63
System of roads, ports, and other facilities needed by a modern society
Infrastructure
64
Total value of goods and services
Gross National Product
65
Total value of goods and services created in the country
Gross Domestic Product
66
Richest countries
Developed Countries
67
Poorer countries
Developing Countries
68
Goods a country brings in from other countries
Import
69
Goods a country sells or trades with another nation
Export
70
The ability to produce something at a lower opportunity cost than another country
Comparative Advantage
71
Use of tactics that make imported goods more expensive than domestic goods
Protectionism
72
A payment or other benefit given by government to help a domestic producer
Subsidy
73
A nation's exports minus its imports
Balance of Trade
74
Positive trade balance
Trade Surplus
75
Negative trade balance
Trade Deficit
76
Value of currency compared to another nation
Exchange Rate
77
Tame animals
Domestication
78
Huge urban areas
World Cities
79
Large stores, offices, and social groups
Central Business District
80
The kind of agriculture that is practices around the world
Subsistence Agriculture
81
Farmers clear trees or brush for planting
Shifting Cultivation
82
Herding animals
Pastoral ism
83
Farmers grow products to sell to consumers
Market Oriented Agriculture
84
Operation of specialized farms to be more efficient
Agribusiness
85
Large buildings away from the CBD
Edge City
86
Boundaries that follow geometric patterns
Geometric Boundaries
87
One or a few people decide on what is best for everyone
Totalitarian Government
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People decide who will govern
Democracy
