Chapter One Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. The science of making maps.
  2. 5. The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.
  3. 7. The sustainable management of a natural resource.
  4. 9. The physical gap or interval between two objects.
  5. 10. The scientific study of ecosystems.
  6. 11. The arrangement of something across Earth's surface.
  7. 12. The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator.
  8. 14. The use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future.
  9. 16. An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.
  10. 17. The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area.
  11. 22. An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles.
  12. 23. The position of anything on Earth's surface.
  13. 24. The maintenance of resources in their present condition, with as little human impact as possible.
  14. 27. A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians.
  15. 28. Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space.
  16. 30. The region from which innovative ideas originate.
  17. 31. A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact.
  18. 33. A chain of communication that connects places.
Down
  1. 1. The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area.
  2. 2. The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinct tradition.
  3. 3. A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.
  4. 4. The spread of something over a given area.
  5. 6. The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian.
  6. 8. Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.
  7. 13. Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.
  8. 14. The location of a place relative to another place.
  9. 15. Composed of living organisms.
  10. 18. Earth's crust and a portion of upper mantle directly below the crust.
  11. 19. The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth.
  12. 20. All of the water on and near Earth's surface.
  13. 21. A system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map.
  14. 25. A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.
  15. 26. The long-term average weather condition at a particular location.
  16. 29. The name given to a portion of Earth's surface.
  17. 32. The physical character of a place.