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GEOGRAPHY - Answer-is the study and analysis of the spatial and temporal distribution of phenomena on the Earth's surface, and the underlying processes which cause the observed pattern.* Where are these phenomena, what is their pattern, but more importantly, *why is the pattern the way it is, wh...

Geography - Answer-the study and analysis of the spatial and temporal distribution of phenomena on the Earth's surface, and the underlying processes which cause the observed pattern Location - Answer-both absolute and relative; the spatial component of Geography; being concerned with where thing...

soil - Answer-the fine material covering the Earth's surface composed of both mineral & organic material; dirt vs. soil - Answer-dirt is soil without the organic material weathering - Answer-provides the raw (parent) materials for soil formation and development The processes by which rocks are ...

How far apart is each degree of a parallel? - Answer-Each degree of a parallel is about 69 miles/111 Km apart. Great circles - Answer-Circle around Earth where the circle's center is Earth's center. Shortest distance between 2 points and is curved on maps. Small circle - Answer-Circle center i...

Wladimir Koppen - Answer-used vegetation to identify climate regions Intertropical Convergence Zone - Answer-the dominant precipitation mechanism in the tropics tropical rain forsest - Answer-lots of rain throughout the year; high temperatures throughout the year tropical savanna - Answer-high te...

permafrost - Answer-forms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - Answer-large mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - Answer-where the lowest elevation where...