Definitons-+KPAC

KPAC Vocabulary Words

Chapter 1 The Great Forces

Dolomite- a very common mineral that has calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg. Dolomite is both a mineral and a rock. It is similar to limestone and is used in as a building stone. 

Esker- a serpentine ridge of sandy drift, fromed by streams under or in glacial ice.  Alluvium- a deposit of sand or mud that is formed by flowing water. I chose this picture beacuse it shows how the sand flows into the river and you can really see the seperation between the water and the sand.



 (PH) picturesque- Strikingly expressive or vivid I chose this picture because it is expresses nature and alot of elements included in it.(PH)

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====<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Terrestrial Environment- The Earth's land area, including its manmade and natural surface and sub-surface features, and its interfaces and interactions with the atmosphere and the oceans. ====

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">i chose this picture because fits the description of the definition with a clear visual explanation on what it means.(PH)
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I chose this picture because it shows what substrate is and how it is built(PH)
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">of a liquid or gas) Filter gradually through a porous surface or substance.(PH)
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[|Topography]: A detailed map or chart of the surface features of a region or district. (KK)

<span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">A photo of Chicago IL and the tip of Lake Michigan taken by the Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus ([|ETM+] ) satellite. I chose this photo because its the Chicagoland area from space. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">“Earth Observatory’s Image of the Day, Chicago, Illinois”, March 17, 2003

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">[|Conflagration]: An uncontrolled fire that threatens human life, health, or property. (KK)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The [|Great Chicago Fire] took place on October 10th, 1871 and killed hundreds of people while destroying about 4 square miles of the city. I chose this picture because the Chicago fire was such a magnificent tragedy that only few of buildings survived the fire. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The Chicago Fire by [|John R. Chapin] (1827-1907)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[|Haphazard]: Lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness. (KK)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">A collection of video game controllers, cords, RF switches, and TV Inputs. I chose this picture because its a clear example of disorder and futile attempts of rearrangement. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">“The Tangled Cord Beast” By Brett Elston, GamesRadar US May 1, 2008

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">Chapter 2 In Quality Unexcelled: Prairie Types and Composition

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Obstruction]: To interrupt, stop, or oppose the passage, progress, or course of something. (KK)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I chose this picture because the fallen tree prevents cars from driving on this roadway. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">“From A Fallen Tree,…”By WENDY, December 17, 2008

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">[|Fortuitous]: Something that happens by chance, especially by a lucky chance. An unplanned or accidental event. (KK)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Winning the [|Lottery] is a fortuitous event because it’s a form of gambling and winning a prize happens by chance. I chose this picture because it depicts winning the lottery. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">“Why Are We Here” by aka_lol, January 23, 2009

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Vicissitude]: A change or variation occurring during the course of something. (KK)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The climate change due to global warming is a vicissitude because it has changed this region drastically over the past 85 years. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">“Endangered Spaces Blog” Blog Action Day 2009, October 15, 2009

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">Chapter 5 Witnesses to History: Forests

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">[|Stymie]: A situation or problem thats so difficult, it discourages any attempt to deal with or resolve it. (KK)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">I chose this picture because something as simple as a broken [|thermometer] can produce a stymied clean up, especially around children. [|Mercury] is a odorless, colorless, tasteless, and very poisonous chemical. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">"Mercury Poisoning Symptoms" By mom_to_one, January 7, 2011

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">Impermiable- Not allowing fluids to pass through(PH)

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">I chose this picture because it depicts a impermeable membrane and how it regulates what liquids pass into it.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">[|Encompassed]: To become circled, surrounded, or isolated by something else. (KK)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">I chose this picture because this castle is surrounded by the water in its [|moat]. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">"Herstmonceux Castle" By johnnydod, July 6, 2010

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Intersperse- to scatter here or there or place at intervals among other things (ch) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(ch) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I chose this picture because flowers are interspersed in fields of grass and among shrubs.(ch)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Contour- the outline of a figure or body, that defines a shape or object (ch) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I chose this picture because it really shows the outlining of an object and it is not shaded in (ch)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">quintessential- the pure and concentrated essence of a substance (ch) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I chose this picture because it shows how pure the water is, it looks very cool, calm, and natural. (ch)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ecotone-is a transition area between two adjacent but different patches of landscape .(PH)



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿I chose this picture because reed beds are a common form of lakside ecotone(PH)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Suppresion- an act or instance of suppressing **:** the state of being suppressed (PH)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿I chose this picture because it shows the jews being suppressed by Hitler during the Holocaust.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">[|Burgeon]: To grow or mature very quickly, by means of nourishment or prosperity to flourish. (KK)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">I chose this picture because my [|coleus] grew an amazing 43 in. during the four months I maintained it in my room. Providing purified water and lamp light every day allowed the plant to grow to faster than normal and to grow directly upward. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Photo taken By KK on November 24, 2010

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">Chapter 6 Of Two Worlds: Wetlands

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">tussock- a tuft or clump of growing grass (ch) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I chose this picture beacuse it shows the seperation between the grasses, it shows that it really is a clump of grass and how it is buched up. (ch)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">aerenchyma- a tissue in certain aquatic plants, consisting of thin-walled cells and large intercellular spaces adapted for internal circulation of air. (ch) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿I chose this picture because it looks very scientific and you can see the spaces in between it.(ch)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">diuretic- increasing the volume of the urine excreted, as by a medicinal substance. (ch) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I chose this picture becuase it shows the flow of urine, which is funny to me. (ch)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">[|Gilded]: Something that's painted or colored to look gold or very valuable. (KK)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">I chose this picture because the limited edition Legend of Zelda [|Nintendo DS] is not gold but its tint gives it the appearance of being gold. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">"Nintendo DS" (French) Photo taken By Ahnjo, December 13, 2007 This is one of few articles of this file's usage.

I chose this picture because it shows a tamarack tree. (PH)
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">[|Abyss]: Something that's depicted as endless because it is unmeasurable. (KK)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">I chose this picture because outerspace is a seemingly endless void of space, when traveling in any direction. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">" Outer Space is Deep, Astronomical, and Covers a Vast Distance" By Brian (Staff Writer) July 22, 2009

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt;">[|Bog]: A wet, soft soil region that is partly composed of dead plants. (KK)