Geography tools
Finding Locations
Land and Water
Regions of North Carolina
Extra
100
I can show you pictures of the earth
What is maps and globes
100
The exact location of a place
What is absolute location
100
A kind of land with a special shape
What is a landform
100
an area of land with the same features
What is a region
100
_______ in places that are tilted away from the sun. I am a season.
What is winter
200
I show you direction
What is a compasss
200
Helps you find on a map what a place is near
What is relative location
200
Similar to a hill but much higher
What is a mountain
200
examples of what I am are: the Blue Ridge and the Great Smokey
What is mountains
200
There is water on all sides but one
What is a peninsula
300
The cardinal directions that you find when using a compass
What is north, south, east, and west
300
Makes it easier to find locations. I am divided into a set of lines that make columns and rows.
What is a map grid
300
_________ and _________ of places tell us about Earth.
What is weather and climate
300
most people in North Carolina live in this region
What is the Piedmont Region
300
I include these: plains, hills, mountains, peninsulas, islands, and coasts.
What is landforms
400
I show the earth only one-half at a time. The round shape of earth is shown best by me.
What is a globe
400
_________ _________ and _________ __________describe the location of a certain place
What is relative location and absolute location
400
________, ________, and ________ these bodies of water cover Earth
What is oceans, rivers, and lakes
400
miles of islands along North Carolina's coastline
What is the Outer Banks
400
has wetlands, or swampy areas that are home to many kinds of plants and animals.
What is The Coastal Plain
500
I study geography (the study of earth and people)
What is a geographer
500
Show people how to get from place to place
What is maps
500
________ in places that are tilted toward the sun. I am a season.
What is summer
500
the soil is very good for crowing crops here
What is the Coastal Plain Region
500
People use wood from the forests in this region to build homes, tables, and other things.
What is the Mountain Region
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