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The ___ is the center of the earth.
Core
___ is the breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface
Weathering
___ are piles of rocks and debris left behind when glaciers melt and receede in some places
Moraines
_____ Is a way to locate somewhere on the globe in relation to other places
Relative Location
______is the process that alters a rocks chem. makeup
Chemical weathering
_____ is the movement of gravel soil and sand
erosion
______ is the position of a location on a globe
Absolute location
In the early 1900s german explorer _______ suggested the continental drift theory
Alfred Wegener
______ occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically
Mechanical weathering
_____ are huge slow moving sheets of ice
glaciers
The equator divides the world into 2 _____
hemispheres
The study of the earths physical structure and history
geology
molten rock is also called ___
lava
Imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator
latitude
______ is a circle of vocalnoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
Ring of Fire
______ Consist of one central place and the surrounding places affected by it
Functional Regions
Water moving swiftly down a stream bed carries _____
sediment
______ circles the globe halfway through the N and S poles
Equator
Chemicals in the polluted air combine with water vapor and fall back to earth as ____
acid rain
________ are areas in which a certain char. is found throughout the region
formal regions
______ refers to the rise in the earths temprature
global warming
______ describes the earths movement through space as it spins on its axis
Rotation
Movement of winds worldwide is what ____________________
redistributes the suns heat over the earths surface
_____ is another name for air masses
fronts
________ in the weather pattern that an area typically experiences over a long period of time
climate
Most efforts to classify climate regions rely on _____________
temprature and precipitation
Author
Anonymous
ID
3180
Card Set
Geography Review
Description
Mid term Review
Updated
2009-12-15T23:49:12Z
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