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| geography | study of where people, places, and things are located |
| absolute location | a places location on the globe |
| relative location | location in relation to other places |
| character of a place | a places physical and human characteristics |
| core | center of the earth made of very hot metal |
| mantle | thick layer of rock surrounding the core of the earth |
| crust | rocky surface layer of the earth |
| continents | landmasses on the arth |
| atmoshpere | layer of air, water, and other substances above the surface |
| lithosphere | made of rocks, landforms, and other surface features |
| hydrosphere | consists of water on the earth |
| biosphere | world of plants animals and other living things on the earth |
| plate tectonics | earths outer shell is broken into brittle moving plates |
| continental drift theory | the continents are moving around the earth and used to be one super continent |
| Ring of Fire | circle of volacanoes circling the Pacific Ocean |
| weathering | breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface |
| mechanical weathering | rock is broken down into small pieces |
| chemical weathering | the mineral of a rock is broken down and changed into something else |
| acid rain | chemicals in polluted air combine with water vapor and fall back to earth |
| sediment | small particles of soil, sand, and gravel that act as sandpaper |
| glacier | huge slow-moving sheet of ice |
