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People's Effect on the Environment
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Geography
6th Grade
10/30/2012

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Deforestation
Definition
A loss of forest cover in a region.
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Biodiversity
Definition
A richness of different kinds of living things in a region.
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Civil Engeneering
Definition
Technology for building structures that alter the landscape, such as dams, roads, and bridges.
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Pollution
Definition
Waste, usually man-made, that makes the air, water, or soil less clean.
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First Level Activities
Definition
People use the resources directly. Direct interaction with raw materials, provide the food and resources.
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Second Level Activities
Definition
People process the products of First-Level Activities.
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Third Level Activities
Definition
A person delivers boxes of cornflakes to your local grocery store.
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Environment
Definition
Natural surroundings.
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Manufacturing
Definition
The large-scale production of goods by hand or by machine.
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Colonization
Definition
The settlers and their culture to a new country.
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Industrialzation
Definition
The growth of machine-powered production in an economy.
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Natural Resources
Definition
Useful materials found in the environment.
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Raw Materials
Definition
Natural resources that must be workede to be usefull.
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Renewable Resources
Definition
Natural resources that can be replaced.
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Nonrenewable Resources
Definition
Natural resources that cannot be replaced.
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Orbit
Definition
The pathone body makes as it circles around another.
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Revolution
Definition
Circular motion.
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Axis
Definition
An imaginary line through Earth between the North and South poles, around wich Earth turns.
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Rotation
Definition
A complete turn.
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Longitude
Definition
Meridian
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Latitude
Definition
Paralell
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Distortion
Definition
Maps loss of acuracy.
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Summer
Definition
When the Nothern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun.
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What is Pangea now?
Definition
Seperete continents.
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How long do people live?
Definition
Until lifes expectancy.
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Seasons
Definition
The revolution of the tilted planet Earth.
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Core
Definition
The very hot metal sphere in the center of the Earth.
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Mantle
Definition
The thick layer around Earth's core.
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Crust
Definition
The thin, rocky layer on Earth's surface.
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Magma
Definition
Soft, nearly molten rock.
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Plate
Definition
A huge block of Earth's crust.
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Weathering
Definition
A process that breaks down into small pieces.
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Erosion
Definition
The removal of small pieces of rock by water, ice, or wind.
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Weather
Definition
The condition of the air and sky from day to day.
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Precipetation
Definition
Water that falls to the ground as snow, sleet, rain, or hail.
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Temperture
Definition
How hot or cold the air is.
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Climate
Definition
The average weather over many years.
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Tropical Cyclone
Definition
An intense wind and rain storm that forms over oceans in the tropicals.
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Population Density
Definition
The average number of people per square mile or square kilometers.
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Immigrants
Definition
People who move from one country to another.
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Consumers
Definition
People who buy and use the products.
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Developing Nations
Definition
Nations with few industries ans simple technology.
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State
Definition
A region that shares a government
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Culture
Definition
The way of life of a people, including their relgious beliefs.
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Society
Definition
A group of people sharing culture.
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Cultural Diffusion
Definition
The movement of customs and ideas. (Example: Baseball, clothes, and food.)
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Natural Resources
Definition
Useful materials found in the environment.
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Raw material
Definition
Natural resources that must be worked to be useful.
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Renewable Resources
Definition
Natural resources that can be replaced.
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Nonrenewable Resources
Definition
Natural resources that cannot be replaced.
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