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geography |
the study of people, places and the environment |
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environment |
the water, land and air that surround us |
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peninsula |
a piece of land that is surrounded on three sides by water |
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hemisphere |
any half of the earth's surface |
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legend |
a part of a map that explains what the colors, symbols and lines on the map stand for |
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compass rose |
a part of a map that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions |
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map scale |
a part of a map that compares distance on the map to distance in the real world |
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landform |
a feature of the earth's surface |
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sea level |
the level of the surface of the world's ocean |
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elevation |
the height of a landform above sea level |
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wetland |
land that has water on or near the surface of the soil |
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climate |
the usual weather of a place over a long period of time |
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natural resources |
things found in nature that are useful to people |
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renewable resources |
a resource that can be replaced |
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nonrenewable resources |
a resource that cannot be replaced |
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flow resources |
a resource that is neither renewable nor nonrenewable: can only be used when and where it is found |
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lines of latitude |
an imaginary line that runs east and west on a map |
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lines of longitude |
an imaginary line that runs north and south on a map |
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region |
an area that has one or more features in common |
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boundary |
a line between regions |
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border |
a line that shows the edge of a region that has the same government |
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Panhandle |
the narrow part of Florida that curves along the northern portion of the Gulf of Mexico |