States and Regions
The Land
Bodies of Water
People and the Environment
Miscellaneous
100
The number of people who live in an area.
What is population.
100
The kind of weather a place has over a long time.
What is climate.
100
An area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water.
What is an inlet.
100
To change.
What is modify.
100
A group of connected mountains.
What is a mountain range.
200
One of Earth's seven largest land masses.
What is a continent.
200
An area of flat or rolling land covered mostly by grasses.
What is a prairie.
200
The largest inlets are called ________.
What is gulfs.
200
The use of canals, ditches, or pipes to move water.
What is irrigation.
200
Plant life that grows naturally in a place.
What is natural vegetation.
300
The exact location of a place.
What is absolute location.
300
The surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live.
What is their environment.
300
The land drained by a river system.
What is a drainage basin.
300
Something found in nature that people can use.
What is a natural resource.
300
The height of land in relation to sea level.
What is elevation.
400
Where a place is located compared to other places.
What is relative location.
400
A region that has similar landforms throughout.
What is a landform region.
400
A river or steam that flows into a larger river.
What is a tributary.
400
Resources that can be made again by people or nature.
What is a renewable resource.
400
Known as meridians, these lines run north and south from the poles.
What is lines of longitude.
500
Next to each other.
What is contiguous.
500
An area in which many features are similar.
What is a region.
500
A river and its tributaries make up a _______.
What is a river system.
500
Resources that can not be made again by people, or resources that would take thousands of year for nature to replace.
What is a nonrenewable resource.
500
Known as parallels, these lines run east and west on a map or globe.
What is lines of latitude.
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