4. Place The Human and Physical Characteristics of a location. Human Characteristics: Language Religion Traditions Architecture Clothing Etc..... Physical Characteristics Land and water forms found in a location. Mountain River Plains Desert Forest Plateau Ocean Bay Isthmus Strait Lake Delta Waterfall Canyon Escarpment Trench Gulf Island Glacier Continental Shelf

5. Movement The movement of goods, services, people, and ideas in and out of a county. People from many countries have moved to the United States throughout its history. Democracy was an idea began in Ancient Greece which is used the in the United States. Doctors from the United States are working in the Sudan with the group Doctors Without Borders. The United States exports wheat to countries around the world.

6. Human/Environment Interaction To modify the environment for human use or because of human use; the action of the environment which impacts human lives. In Marshall, we built drainage ditches and overflow ponds to keep the town from flooding. Area lakes have high levels of pollutants due to farming practices. Marshall is debating the use of solar farms as a renewable energy source. A blizzard in SW MN will cause schools to be cancelled.

7. Region Areas of geography which can be grouped and studied. Marshall is part of Southwest Minnesota. Marshall is part of Minnesota. Marshall is found in the great plains. Marshall is in a humid continental climate zone. Marshall is in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Marshall is part of the upper Midwest.

8. Climate vs Weather Three factors which influence climate: Latitude (Distance from Equator) Elevation Wind and Ocean Currents CLIMATE IS A PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC

9. LAYERS OF THE EARTH Inner Core Outer Core Mantle Crust FOUR SPHERES Hydrosphere: The Earth's water, 71% of Earth's surface Lithosphere: The Earth's land, 29% of Earth's surface Atmosphere: Thin layer of gases which envelop Earth (Outer space begins 100 miles above Earth's surface.) Biosphere: All living things living on the surface, near the surface, or in the atmosphere of Earth.

10. TECTONIC PLATES Convergent Boundary : Where plates crash into each other. Subduction Zone : Plate moves under another plate.

11. Divergent Boundaries: Where plates move apart.

12. Transform Boundary: Where plates move sideways in relationship to each other.

13. http://educa tion.national geographic. org/media/pl ate- tectonics/ Earth creates physical landforms through physical processes. Landforms develop from processes inside the earth and on the surface.