Vocab

Question 0

Longitude

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The distance of any point east or west of the prime meridian, measured up to 180 degrees

Question 1

Latitude

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The distance of any point north or south of the equator, measured up to 90 degrees

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Physical Characteristics

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Includes landforms, bodies of water found in the place, soil and mineral deposits, etc.

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Cultural Landscape

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Visible results of human activity

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Vegetation

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The natural and undisturbed plants of a region

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Geological

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Having to do with geology, the history of the study of the Earth as found in rocks

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Topography

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The shape of the land

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Igneous Rock

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Rock that has been formed by the solidification of molten material

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Metamorphic Rock

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Rock changed from its original form into another form through heat and pressure

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Sedimentary Rock

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Rock made up of sediment laid down in layers which have grown together

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Fossil Fuels

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A natural fuel formed by geological forces from the residue of living organisms

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Evaporites

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A type of sedimentary rock the originates by the evaporation of sea water

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Alluvium

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Sediments carried off by rivers

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Plate

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A slab of Earth’s crust. Plates are underneath all the continents and oceans. They regularly move away from, and collide with each other

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Tectonics

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The study of the forces within the Earth that form it’s surface features such as mountain ranges and ocean basins

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Magma

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Molten rock material within the Earth from which igneous rock is formed through cooling

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Mantle

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The interior part of the Earth that lies directly above the core

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Epicentre

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The Earth’s surface directly above the quake-the middle of the quake

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Tsunami

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A great sea wave produced by an earthquake or by a volcanic eruption

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Seismic

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To do with earthquakes

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Subduction Zone

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A long region with a trench through which a descending tectonic plate is assimilated into the Earth’s mantle

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Richter Scale

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A measure of the power of earthquakes. Each step on the scale is ten times the previous one, so an earthquake that registers 7 is ten time greater than a 6 and one hundred times greater than a 5

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Seismologist

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Someone who studies earthquakes

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Bedrock

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Solid rock underneath looser materials such as soil

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Sewage

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Municipal and industrial wastes

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Run-Off

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Pesticides, herbicides, and other materials that drain from fields into rivers and lakes

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Biome

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An ecological community of plants and animals extending over a large area

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Interdependent

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Being dependant on each other

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System

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A group of things that interact with each other and together form a whole

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Coniferous Tree

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An evergreen tree

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Humus

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The remains of decomposing plants in soil

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Erosion

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The wearing away by action of wind, water, or ice

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Slough

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Depression filled with fresh water from rain or melting snow

Question 33

Treeline

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The upper limit of tree growth on a mountain