The Water Cycle
Where does water tend to collect after it rains, snows, sleets, or hails?
Rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Why does it rain from clouds?
When drops join together, they become heavier, which makes the rain fall from clouds.
Also located within the Rocky Mountains
The Continental Divide
What is the Erie Canal used for today?
Recreational boating and tours.
What does trade mean?
Buying, selling, or exchanging goods and services.
What source fuels the water cycle?
Sun
What is precipitation?
Precipitation is water falling from clouds down to Earth
Where is the Atlantic Coastal Plains located on the map?
Along the atlantic coast.
Vast, mostly flat region of grassland, prairie, and steppe in central North America
The Great Plains
Define price incentive
Changes in prices that encourage people to buy, sell, or produce more or less.
What is Water Vapor?
Water vapor is water that has turned into a gas.
Where Can You See Condensation?
Cold glass, wet grass, etc
The largest gulf in the world, sitting like a giant bowl of water bordered by the United States, Mexico, and Cuba.
Gulf of Mexico
What state does the Erie Canal go through?
New York
What is specialization?
People or regions focus on what they do well.
What step contains rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
Precipitation
What is condensation?
Condensation is when water vapor changes from a gas into liquid water
What was the Erie Canal used for originally?
Transporting goods and services.
This river connects to Lake Ontario and flows northeast toward the ocean.
St. Lawrence River
What is the opportunity cost in this situation?
A farmer has one field and must choose whether to grow corn or cotton.
The farmer chooses cotton.
The corn is the opportunity cost.
What are the 4 steps in the water cycle?
Evaporation, Condensation, Accumulation, and Precipitation
What Happens When Air Cools?
When warm air cools down, everything in it slows down
What is a Man-Made Feature?
An artificial feature which was created by a human.
What are the names of the Great Lakes?
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior
What is this an example of?
A coastal community specializes in fishing while an inland community grows grain.
Specialization