World Geography - Chpt 2 Voc
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chaskalmusky Plus on September 6, 2011
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Chapter 2 Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 solar energy | energy from the sun |
| rotation | one complete spin of earth on its axis |
| revolution | trip around the sun |
| latitude | distance north or south of the Equator |
| tropics | regions close to the equator |
| freshwater | water without salt |
| glaciers | large areas of slow-moving ice |
| surface water | water that is found in Earth's streams, rivers, and lakes |
| precipitation | water that falls to Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| groundwater | water found below Earth's surface |
| water vapor | water that occurs in the air as an invisible gas |
| water cycle | movement of water from the atmosphere to the earth and back to the atmosphere |
| landforms | shapes on the planet's surface |
| continents | large landmasses |
| plate tectonics | the theory suggests that Earth's surface is divided into a dozen or so slow-moving plates, or pieces of Earth's crust |
| lava | magma that reaches the Earth's surface |
| earthquakes | Sudden, violent movement of the earth's crust |
| weathering | process that breaks down rock into smaller pieces |
| erosion | the movement of sediment from one location to another |
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