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| climate | weather conditions at a place over a period of years |
| county | largest unit of local government within a state (contain cities, villages, townships) |
| ethnic diversity | variety of customs, ideas, artistic styles obtained from several ethnic groups living in the same area |
| ethnic groups | those based on race or place of origin; each group has similar customs & beliefs |
| forge | to form or shape, often out of metal as in a blacksmith's shop |
| latitude | measurement of Earth--horizontal lines on a globe or map |
| longitude | measurement of Earth--vertical lines on a map or globe |
| peninsula | portion of land nearly surrounded by water |
| province | administrative district or division of a country; Canada's equivalent of a state |
| suburb | smaller town close to or touching the edge of a large city |
| tri-county area | Wayne, Oakland, Macomb |
| coral | rock-like skeleton of various salt water forms of life which live in colonies |
| erosion | wearing away of soil or rock by wind or water |
| fossil | impression or trace of an animal or plant which has been preserved in rock or actually changed into rock itself |
| geologist | scientist who studies rocks and the formation of the Earth |
| Lost Interval | a period of 279 million years for which no fossils or rocks can be found in the Michigan area |
| archaeologist | scientist who studies about past human life & activities |
| glacier | very thick sheet of ice which slowly covers a wide are of land b/c more snow falls in the winter than can melt in the summer |
| mammoth | a large hairy or wooly animal like an elephant with large curvy tusks; usually live in grassy areas |
| mastodon | elephant-like animal with barely curved tusks; usually lived in swampy areas |
| Paleo Indians | first people who lived in Michigan |
| Paleo | ancient |
| radio-carbon dating | test used to determine the age of fossils; measures the tiny amount of radioactivity left once a thing has died |
