Vocab Chapter 2
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afraino on September 15, 2012
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World Geography
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World Geography (Period 2) Ms. Weibelt
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aquifer | underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand, or gravel |
| lithosphere | surface land areas of the Earth's crust, including continents & ocean basins |
| Sinai Peninsula | human made Suez Canal separates Africa & Asia |
| desalination | turning ocean water into freshwater, by removing the salt in a process |
| Himalaya | mountain range is South Asia were thrust upward when the Indian landmass drifted against Eurasia |
| magma | molten rock |
| continental shelf | theory that the continents were once jointed and then slowly drifted apart |
| hydrosphere | oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water make up a part of the Earth |
| Dead Sea | located in Southwest Asia; the shore of it is the lowest dry land point |
| atmosphere | a layer of gases extending above the planet's surface |
| mantle | next to the outer core is a thick layer of hot, dense rock |
| weathering | breaks down rocks |
| Mariana Trench | a narrow, underwater canyon in the Pacific Ocean; deepest know depression on Earth |
| condensation | process when warm air cools, it can't retain all of its water vapor, so the excess water vapor changes into liquid water |
| spreading | process where sea plates pull apart |
| accretion | pieces of the Earth's crust come together slowly as the sea plate slides under the continental plates |
| erosion | wears away the Earth's surface by wind, glaciers, and moving water |
| faulting | process when the folding land can't be bend any further |
| Ring of Fire | one of the most earthquake-prone areas on the planet |
| precipitation | rain, snow, or sleet, depending on the air temperature and wind conditions |
| subduction | when a sea plate collides with a continental plate. the sea plate. The sea plate slips under because it's heavier & becomes molten material. |
| plate tectonic | refers to all of the physical processes that create many of the Earth's physical features |
| Mount Everest | highest point on Earth, located in South Asia |
| water cycle | name given to this regular movement of water |
| evaporation | changing of liquid water into vapor or gas |
| San Andreas Fault | famous fault in California |
| moraine | when glaciers melt and recede, in some places they leave behind large piles of rocks and debris |
| crust | the outer layer, a rocky shell forming the Earth's surface |
| folds | bends in layers of rock |
| biosphere | part of the Earth that supports life |
| Isthmus of Panama | links North and South America |
| groundwater | freshwater that lies beneath the Earth's surface |
| glaciers | large bodies of ice that move across Earth's surface |
| Pangea | supercontinent |
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