Climate
This climate zone has very little rain and very high temperatures. Human activity is usually concentrated around sources of water (most people do things around water).
What is the arid climate zone?
This is an area of land that is completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
These resources grow naturally and create forests. They provide wood and timber products, as well as food and ingredients for medicine.
What are trees?
The farther away you are from the __________, the colder it becomes.
What is equator?
1. A supply of something, like fish, can be referred to as the ____________.
What is stock?
In this climate zone temperatures here are very low. There are strong winds and heavy snows. No (very few) people live here because it is difficult to survive in the freezing temperatures.
What is the polar climate zone?
This is an area of low ground near the coast that is always wet with sea water or is often flooded by the sea.
What is a salt marsh?
This is a very important natural resource. People live on it and use it in many different ways. There are also “competing” uses for it because we need to use it to do many things.
What is land?
Maps cannot show things their real size. Things are drawn to __________.
What is scale?
__________ in salt marshes are an important habitat for animals.
What are mangroves?
This climate zone has warm to hot summers and mild winters. There is little rain and only a little snow in the mountains.
What is the Mediterranean climate zone?
This is a feature where water leads off from its main “body” to form a narrow “arm”.
What is an inlet?
All life on Earth depends on this resource for survival. People and animals drink it, and people use it in their home and for farming.
What is water?
The _____________ wind is the stronger or more common wind in an area.
What is prevailing?
Rocks that contain material from which we get metals are called __________.
What are ores?
The climate here does not have extremes of high or low temperatures. Rain can fall all year long.
What is the temperate climate zone?
This is a type of inlet where quite a large body of water curves inland?
What is a bay?
These resources are found buried deep in the Earth’s crust. There are used in many ways but are most important as sources of fuel or heat.
When you __________ on a map, you can see a larger area but less details.
What is zoom out?
Maps that show the height and depth of physical features such as mountains and valleys are called __________ maps.
What is relief?
This climate zone has warm temperatures and only two seasons: a ‘wet’ season of heavy rains and a ‘dry’ season where little or no rain falls.
What is the tropical climate zone?
This is a type of inlet where quite a large body of water curves inland and encloses the body of water giving more shelter?
What is a cove?
These resources are naturally occurring, non-living substances. Some rocks, called ores, contain material from which we get some of them from.
What are minerals and metals?
When the seed of a plant receives enough water it will _______________.
What is germinate?
Oil wells and __________ are used to produce energy.
What are refineries?