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How Does the Earth Move? S01 E05

Today, we're going to talk about how the Earth moves, but to do that, we're going to have to go way back to the early days of the galaxy! Processes that happened before the Earth even formed have led us to the geographic patterns and processes that create Earth's environments and support all living things. We'll talk about how the Earth rotates, the effects of it being slightly tilted, how events like sea ice melting impact how the Earth wobbles, and of course talk about how our elliptical orbit gives us seasons. So many of our life decisions are influenced by the motion of Earth. It guides where we decide to live, what food we eat, or even what weather we experience - which we'll talk about more next time.


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What is Geography?
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What is a Map?
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What is space and how do we study it?
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What is Physical Geography?
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How Does the Earth Move?
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What Does the Atmosphere Do?
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How Does Air Temperature Shape a Place?
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Where Does Wind Come From?
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How Do Oceans Circulate?
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What is a Cloud?
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How Can Rain Create Conflict? Precipitation and Water Use
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What Are the Different Types of Cyclones?
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How do we Classify Climates?
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What is Climate Change?
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What Are Ecosystems?
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Population & Food
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What is Soil (and Why is it Important)?
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What Are Rocks and How Do They Form?
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The Plate Tectonics Revolution
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How Does the Earth Create Different Landforms?
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What Are Volcanoes?
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What is Weathering?
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How Rivers Shape the Landscape
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Why Does Jakarta Flood So Easily?
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Groundwater & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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What Are Glaciers?
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Natural Hazards
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What is Human Geography?
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Race, Ethnicity, and the Cultural Landscape
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How Does Language Move?
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How Did Religion Spread Along the Silk Road?
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Where and Why Do People Move?
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How Populations Grow and Change
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How Does Disease Move?
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Tyranny of the Map
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What Holds a Country Together or Tears it Apart?
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What are the Patterns of Border Conflicts?
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Capitalism, Communism, & Political Economies
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Colonialism
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What is a “Developed” Country?
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GMOs and their Role in Agriculture
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Why is There Uneven Access to Food?
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How Do We Produce Food?
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Mineral Extraction
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Why are People Moving to Cities?
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How Are Cities Organized?
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What is Urban Planning?
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How did Detroit Become the Motor City?
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Sustainable Urban Design
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Geographies of the Future
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