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EOC Vocab Set
SHSWG LASFIR
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9th Grade
05/10/2012

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Map
Definition

A flat 2 dimensional representation of space

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Legend
Definition

a list of what symbols mean

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Compass Rose
Definition

Where the 4 basic directions are

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Scale
Definition

used to show how much a map's size has been reduced

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Thematic Map
Definition

shows information based on a theme

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Latitude
Definition

imaginary horizontal lines that run parallel across the earth (north or south)

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Longitude
Definition

Imaginary lines that run up and down on a map (east & west)

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Equator
Definition

stretches around the middle of the earth 0 degrees of latitude

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Prime Meridian
Definition

important longitude lines that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres

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Continents
Definition

7 large land masses on earth

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Sahara Desert
Definition

largest desert in the world in Northern Africa

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Savanna
Definition

an area where tall, large grasses grow in Africa

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Tropical Rainforest
Definition

Area of tropical forest where they get 60 to 100 inches of rainfall a year

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Tundra
Definition

area of frozen land, with short grasses and moss. Typically found near or around the Arctic Circle.

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East Asia
Definition

China, Korea and Japan

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Subcontinent
Definition

a large piece of land smaller then a continent

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Physical region
Definition

defined by common landforms, soils, climate, vegetation, or animal life.

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Formal region
Definition

has clear boundaries and is usually defined by 1 characteristic, like rainfall

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Mantle
Definition

a region of hot dense rock

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Plate Tectonics
Definition
everything on earth is on a large metal plate
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Convection
Definition
the spread of heat through the movement of a liquid substance
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Tsunami
Definition
immense ocean wave cause by an earthquake under water
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Weathering
Definition
the wearing down of rocks on the earth’s surface by wind, water, ice, and living things
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Erosion
Definition
when rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away
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Deposition
Definition
deposit or building up of materials caused by erosion
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Water Cycle
Definition
the process of using and creating water on the earth’s surface
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Tides and currents
Definition
movement’s of the ocean’s water
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Atmosphere
Definition
gases that surround the earth
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Biomes
Definition
distinct geographic regions with their own types of plants and animals
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Grasslands
Definition
fertile flat regions on many continents
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Steppes
Definition
temperate grasslands in the northern hemisphere
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Tundra
Definition
flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean
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