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Geography
9th Grade
08/23/2010

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Geography
Definition
a book dealing with this science or study, as a textbook
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perspective
Definition
the way a person looks at something
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cartography
Definition
the study of maps and mapmaking
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meteorology
Definition
the study of weather
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region
Definition
an area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas.
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formal region
Definition
region with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas
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functional region
Definition
region made up of different places that are linked and function as a unit
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perceptual regions
Definition
regions that reflect human feelings and attitudes 
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climate graphs
Definition
graphs showing average temperature and precipitation in a place
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map projections
Definition
different ways of representing a round earth on a flat map.
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contiguous
Definition
connecting or bordering
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topography
Definition
elevation, layout, and shape of the land,
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population pyramids
Definition
graphs showing the percentages of males and females by age group in a country's population
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Satellite
Definition
a body that orbits a larger body
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tropics
Definition
warm, low-lattitude areas near the equator
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atmosphere
Definition
the envelope of gases that surrounds a planet like Earth
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solar energy
Definition
energy from the sun, which reaches Earth as light and heat.
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polar regions
Definition
high-lattitude, cold regions around the North Pole and South Poles
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lithosphere
Definition
solid crust of earth
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roatation
Definition
one complete spin of Earth on its axis
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solstice
Definition
the time that earths poles point at their greatest angle toward or away from the sun
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hydrosphere
Definition
earth's water in all of its forms
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revolution
Definition
one elliptical orbit of earth on its axis
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