5 Themes of Geography
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 latitude | distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees |
| longitude | Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees |
| environment | all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things. |
| geography | the study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, countries, peoples, industries, and products. |
| geographer | someone who studies the earth and it's characteristics |
| landform | a natural feature found on the Earth's surface (plains, mountains, plateus) |
| ethnicity | Identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions |
| Earth | third planet from the sun; has an atmosphere that protects life and surface temperatures that allow water to exist as a solid, liquid, and gas |
| coordinate | An ordered pair of numbers that locate a point on a grid. |
| grid | a network of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image |
| climate | average, year-after-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region |
| vegetation | plant life of a place or region |
| region | area that has unifying characteristics |
| place | characteristics, physical and human, that make one area different from all other areas on Earth |
| location | position on the Earth's surface described as either absolute or relative |
| movement | humans interacting on Earth and how places are connected with one another |
| human environment interaction | humans depending, adapting, and modifying the environment |
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