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| Geography | The study of the earth |
| Absolute location | The exact location |
| Relative location | A place in relationship to another |
| Cartography | Map making |
| Hemisphere | Half of the earth |
| Formal region | An area with uniform boundaries |
| Functional region | An area with a central point and connecting areas |
| Perceptual region | An area with a ones feelings or beliefs |
| Ecosystem | The connection between the biosphere and all other spheres |
| Equinox | When day light a night hours are equal |
| Solstice | The longest or shortes day of sunlight |
| Plate tectonic | The theory that's continents are moving |
| Tilt | The anle at which the earth is leaning |
| Revolution | One trip around the sun |
| Rotation | One turn on the earths axis |
| Climate | Atmospheric conditions over a long period of time |
| Weather | The atmospheric conditions over a short period of time |
| Direct rays | The most intense rays of sunlight |
| Indirect rays | The obtuse rays of sunlight |
| Natural hazards | Hazards that occure in the environment |
| Lahars | Mud flows mixed with volcanic material |
| Modification | Adjustments to the way people interact with their environment |
| Lithosphere | The solid portion of the earth |
| Hydrosphere | All water on earth solid or liquid |
| Biosphere | All living things on earth |
| Atmospher | The layer of gases just above the crust |
| Mantle | The semi solid layer just below the crust |
| Subduction | When ocean crust collides with continental crust |
| Converging | When two plates collide |
| Diverging | When two plates spread apart |
| Transform | When two plates slide past each other |
| Fault | Scar in the land where two plates are sliding past each other |
| Convection | The heating and cooling pattern |
| Weathering | The physical or chemical break down of the earths surface |
| Erosion | The physical movement of the earths particles |
