Where is the United States?
Climate in the United States
American Landscape
Natural Resources
Vocabulary
100

How many continents is there in the world?

7

100

If you live close to the equator what is the weather like?

Warm or hot

100

Give an example of a landscape

mountain, river, hills, valleys, plains

100

What is a natural resource? 

something found in nature that people can use such as water, soil and trees

100

What is the Equator?

imaginary line that cuts the earth in half by north and south. 

200

What is a continent?

A large mass of land

200

As you climb in Elevation how does weather feel?

Colder

200

How many great Lakes is there? 

extra 100 points if you can name 2

Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Huron and Lake Ontario

200

What is a nonrenewable source ?

something that can not be made again by people or nature. 

200

What is conservation?

Protecting the natural resources and using them wisely. 

300

Tell me 3 countries that is in the Northern hemisphere

Canada, United States, Mexico, Russia, Greenland ect.

300

What is humidity?

Water or moisture in the air.

300

What state does the Mississippi River start and What State does it end?

Starts in Minnesota and ends in Louisiana in to the Gulf of Mexico.

300

What is a renewable sources?

something that can be made again by people or nature

300

What is precipitation? 

Water that falls to the earths surface such as snow, rain and sleet

400

Name 3 countries in the Eastern Hemisphere 

Russia, Africa, Australia Ect.

400

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Weather is what the temperature is, what it looks like outside, Climate the type of weather a place has over a long period of time.

400

Which landform do you think is best for farming? Why?

Plains, because it is all flat land. 

400

Give 2 examples of minerals

Copper, Iron, silver, Gold

400

What is sea level?

same level as the surface of the ocean

500

What countries do the Pacific Ocean boarder?

North America, South America

500

What is the difference between Humidity and precipitation?

Humidity is moisture in the air Precipitation is water that falls to the earth's surface like rain, snow or sleet.

500

What is the difference between a river’s source and it’s mouth?

A river's source is where the river begins and the Mouth is where the river's water empties into a larger body of water. 

500

What are some important natural resources in the united states?

water, Soil, trees, minerals

500

What is Ground Water?

is the water that sinks beneath the Earth’s surface when it rains or snows.

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