WG EOC vocabulary part 3

physical process involving the movement of the Earth’s crust

• erosion

• tectonic forces

• subsistence agriculture

• desertification

the wearing away of the Earth’s surface caused by the movement of water, ice, or wind

• erosion

• tectonic forces

• subsistence agriculture

• desertification

 the practice of growing enough crops to provide for one’s family group

• subsistence agriculture

• tectonic forces

• commercial agriculture

• desertification

 the practice of growing surplus crops to sell for profit

• subsistence agriculture

• tectonic forces

• commercial agriculture

• desertification

a pattern of  the combination of precipitation and temperature over time

• tectonic

• biodiversity

• polluction

• climate

 the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land

• deforestation

• desertification

• desalination

• pollution

element or substance from the earth that is not made by people but can be used by them such as minerals

• nonrenewable

• natural resources

• decolonization

• import

 resource that cannot be replaced by natural growth or human action, such as most numerals

• nonrenewable

• natural resource

• export

• taiga

position of a place on the earth’s surface

• absolute location

• latitude

• longitude

• pollution

 imaginary lines running east and west around the globe, used to measure distance north and south of Equator in degrees, called parallels

• latitude

• longitude

• pollution

• renewable