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Details Title: Chapter 1 (HMS) Description: Vocabulary (HMS) Total Flash Cards: 26 Created: 09/14/2004 16:43:35	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term GEOGRAPHY Definition the study of the earth and the ways people live and work on it Term ABSOLUTE LOCATION Definition the exact location of a place on the earth's surface Term RELATIVE LOCATION Definition the position of a place in relation to other places Term LANDFORMS Definition natural features of the earth's land surface Term ELEVATION Definition height above sea level Term RELIEF Definition changes in height Term CORE Definition center of earth; inner is solid rock, outer is melted rock Term MANTLE Definition surrounds the core; made of hot,solid rock Term CRUST Definition a thin layer of rock, sand, and soil that floats on the mantle Term TECTONIC PLATES Definition slow moving sections of the earth's crust Term CONTINENTAL DRIFT Definition theory that Pangaea separated into our 7 continents Term VOLCANOES Definition cone shaped mountains made when melted rock called lava flows up from the mantle, cracks the crust and cools into rock Term EARTHQUAKES Definition sudden shifts in the earth's crust when plates slide past one another Term RIVER SYSTEM Definition a river and all the streams that flow into it Term CLIMATE Definition the pattern of weather of a place over many years Term LATITUDE Definition distance north or south of the Equator Term TROPICAL ZONE Definition area bewtween the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn Term TEMPERATE ZONE Definition area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the North; area between Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the South Term POLAR ZONE Definition area north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle Term PREVAILING WINDS Definition moving air that comes from a certain direction almost all of the time Term OCEAN CURRENT Definition ocean water that flows in a steady stream Term PRECIPITATION Definition falling of moisture such as rain or snow Term ANNO DOMINI (AD) Definition In the Year of the Lord Term CE (Common Era) Definition replaces AD Term BCE (BEFORE the COMMON ERA) Definition replaces BC Term CIRCA (c.) Definition around, about