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ABSOLUTE LOCATION: the specific location of something; ex. 2435 South Broad Street
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BIOSPHERE: the part of the earth where plants and animals live
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CARDINAL DIRECTIONS: north, south, east, and west; the main directions
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CHEMICAL WEATHERING: the breaking down of rock by a chemical process; ex. rust
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CLIMATE: the average temperature, humidity, and rainfall of a place over time
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COMPASS ROSE: show direction on a map
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT: theory that the earth's crust is broken into moving chunks called plates
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CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY: where tectonic plates collide with each other; often form mountains
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CRUST: the thin outermost section of the earth; a.k.a. the lithosphere
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DISTORTION: changes in shape or size on maps because they are two-dimensional
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DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY: where tectonic plates move apart from one another
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EQUATOR: imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres
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EQUINOX: time of the year when the most direct rays of the sun are hitting the equator so we have equal daytime and equal nightime
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EROSION: the moving of rocks and sediments around by water, wind, ice, or gravity
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HUMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL: how humans are impacted by the environment and viceversa
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HYDROLOGIC CYCLE: the movement of water around the planet and in the atmosphere
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INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS: NW, SW, NE, SE, NNE, ENE, SSW, SSE, and etc.
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LATITUDE: imaginary lines that measure how far north or south something is of the equator
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LITHOSPHERE: the rock part of the earth; includes the ocean floor bottom
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LONGITUDE: imaginary lines that measure how far east or west something is of the prime meridian
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MANTLE: the thick dense layer of hot rock in the earth's interior
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MOVEMENT: theme of geography that shows how people, goods, or ideas move around
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NORTHERN AND WESTERN: the two hemispheres we live in
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PANGAEA: the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
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PLACE: answers the question "What is it like there?"
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PRIME MERIDIAN: longitude line that separates the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres
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REGION: areas grouped together for some purpose; ex. The South
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RELATIVE LOCATION: where something is in relation to other things; ex. the pen is beside the book on my desk
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RING OF FIRE: where tectonic plates meet circling the Pacific Ocean so lots of earthquakes and volcanoes occur here
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SOLSTICE: when the most direct rays of the sun are hitting the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn
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SUBDUCTION: where one tectonic plate is pushed under another one
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TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY: where tectonic plates slide past one another; ex. California's San Andreas fault
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WEATHER: the temperature, humidity, and rainfall of a place at any specific time
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WEATHERING: the breaking down of rock into smaller and smaller pieces
