Chapter 7 and 8 vocabulary – Flashcards
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Fermentation
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To release some of the energy stored in glucosenmolecules.
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megalopolis
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a very large city, a region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas, considered to be a single urban complex,
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mangrove
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a tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas
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bayou
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a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or a river
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fall line
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imaginary line between the appalachian mountains and the atlantic coastal plain, where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from higher elevations to the coastal plain
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sunbelt
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the southern and southwestern states of the united state, from the carolinas to southern california, characterized by a warm climate ans,recently, rapid population growth
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humua
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the organic material that results when plans and animals that live int the soil die and decay
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growing season
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in farming, the average number of days between the last frost of spring and the first frost of fall
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grain elevator
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a tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing , and discharging grain
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grain exchange
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a place where grain is bought and sold as a commodity
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tundra
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a dry, treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow
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aqueduct
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a large pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source over a long distance
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province
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a territory governed as a political division of a country
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maritime
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bordering on or near the sea; relation to navigation or shippong
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lock
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an enclosed section of a canal in which a ship may be raised or lowered by raising or lowering the level of the water in that section
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bedrock
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the solid rock underlying the earth's surface,
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separatism
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a movement to win political, religious or ethnic independence from another group
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secede
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to withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organization
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costoms
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fees charged by a government on imported goods
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tariff
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a tax imposed by a government on imported goods
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NAFTA
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phased of trade barriers among the united states, Canada,and mexico
