warm periods during the ice age

the current interglaciation period from 10,000 year ago to now

cooling period between 1400-1900 with temperature fluctuations, droughts, storms and famine

greenhouse gases trap heat and raise temperatures

the threat to environmental security by human activity

resources that can regenerate as they are exploited

nonrenewable resources

resources that are present in finite quantities

subterranean, porous, water holding rocks that provide millions of wells with steady flows of water

the system of exchange involving water in its various forms as it circulates with the atmosphere, oceans and above and below land

thin layer of air lying directly above land and oceans

changing of the earth climate based on increased pollution

acidified rainwater that severely damages plants and animals, caused by greenhouse gases

clearing and destruction of forests to harvest wood, clear land for agriculture and expanding settlement

cycle whereby natural processes and human activity use atmospheric oxygen and produce carbon dioxide

the wearing away of the land surface by wind and moving water

hazardous waste emitting radiation from nuclear power plants, nuclear weapons factories and nuclear equipment

dangerous waste from chemicals and infectious materials

disposal sites for non-hazardous solid waste that is compacted to the smallest volume and sites are designed with sealed floors to keep waste in

total variety of plant and animal species in a particular place

17 chemical elements that commonly occur together and are difficult to separate. used to make high tech electronics and weapons systems.

layer in the upper atmosphere that acts as a filter for the Sun's UV rays

Vienna Convention for protection of the ozone layer

first international cooperation on climate change

international agreement that called for a reduction in the production and consumption of chlorofluorocarbons by 50% by 2020

Non-liquid, non-soluble materials ranging from municipal garbage to sewage sludge, agricultural refuge and mining residues

Maps that show the absolute location of places and geographic features determined by a frame of reference, typically latitude and longitude.

The third theme of Geography as defined by the GENIP; an area on the Earth's surface marked by a degree of formal, functional, or perceptual homogeneity of some phenomenon.

The regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places. Distance, accessibility, and connectivity affect relative location.

Sequential diffusion process in which the items being relocated are transmitted by their carrier agents as they evacuate the old areas and relocate new ones.

A method of collecting data or information through the use of instruments that are physically distant from the area or object of study.

State of mind derived through the infusion of a place with meaning and emotion by remembering important events that occurred in that place or by labeling a place with a certain character.

The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape.

pertaining to space on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as a synonym for geographic.

physical location of geographic phenomena across space

Spatial Interaction: Both Complimentarily (A condition that exists when two regions, through an exchange of raw materials and/ or finished products, can specifically satisfy each other's demands) and Intervening

Both Complimentarily and Intervening

Observing variations in geographic phenomena across space.

a form of diffusion in which cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.

Maps that tell stories, typically showing the degree of some attribute of the movement of a geographic phenomenon.

The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin or source.

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Anthropocene

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the central role humans play in shaping earth's environment

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Pangea

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primeval supercontinent that broke apart into modern continents and oceans

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tectonic plates

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large pieces of rock that form portions of the Earth's crust and mantle, which are in motion

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photosynthesis

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the conversion of carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates and oxygen through the absorption of sunlight

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Pacific Ring of fire

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Ocean-girdling zone of crustal instability, volcanism, and earthquakes resulting from tectonic activity

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Pleistocene

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most recent period of the Late Cenozoic Ice age

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Glaciation

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a period of global cooling during which continental ice sheets and mountain glaciers expand

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