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the study of where people, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other*geography definite position on the earth*absolute location halves*hemisphere relation compared to other places*relative location area in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area*formal region consist of a central place and the surrounding places affected by it*functional region defined by people’s feelings and attitudes and areas*perceptual region center*core thick layer of rock around the core*mantle rocky surface area*crust surface features of the earth including soil, rock, and landforms*lithosphere layer of gas, water vapor, and other substances above the earth*atmosphere the water contained in the oceans, lakes, rivers, and underground*hydrosphere the world of plants, animals, and other living things in the earth’s land and water*biosphere any of the Earth’s seven large landmasses of the earth’s surface*continent theory that the earth’s outer shell is not one solid sheet of rock*plate tectonics a circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean*ring of fire the breakdown of rock at or near the earth’s surface into smaller pieces*weathering the breaking up or physical weakening of rock by forces such as ice and roots*mechanical/physical weathering the altering of a rock’s chemical makeup by changing the minerals that form the rock or combining when chemicals in the polluted air combine with water vapor, falling to the earth*acid rain the movement of weathered material, such as gravel, soil, and sand*erosion huge, slow-moving sheets of ice*glacier