Vocabulary
States and Regions
The Land
Bodies of Water
Lesson 5
100
Define climate.
What is the kind of weather that a place has over a long time.
100
How many states are in the United States of America
What is 50 states.
100
Name the five regions of the US.
What are the west, southwest, midwest, northeast, and southeast.
100
Define a fall line
What is a place where the land drops sharply, causing rivers to form waterfalls or rapids.
200
Define natural resource and give one example.
What is something found in nature, such as soil, plants, water, or minerals that people can use to meet their needs.
200
Which two states are not contiguous with the rest of the US?
What are Alaska and Hawaii.
200
Name the five landform regions in the US.
What are the Coastal Plain, the Appalachians, the Interior Plains, and the Rocky Mountains.
200
Describe the relationship between a gulf and an inlet.
An inlet is an area of water that extends into the land, and a gulf is just a large inlet. An example in the US is the Gulf of Mexico.
200
How could a certain climate encourage or discourage settlement? Give an example.
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300
Define environment.
What are the surroundings in which people, animals, and plants live.
300
What three countries make up the continent North America?
What are Canada, the US, and Mexico.
300
Which region and landform region do we live in?
What is the Southwest and the Appalachians.
300
Compare and contrast the Great Lakes and the Great Salt Lake.
Both lakes are very large, but the Great Lakes are freshwater lakes and the Great Salt Lake is saltwater
300
Describe the difference between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources.
Renewable resources can be made again by people or natures, such as water, light, and wind. However, nonrenewable resources cannot be made again by people, such as minerals, oil, and gas.
400
Define inlet.
What is any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water.
400
Name the seven continents.
What are Antarctica, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia.
400
Contrast the Interior Plains with the Rocky Mountains.
The land in the Interior Plains is either flat or rolling whereas in the Rocky Mountains there are steep mountains that jut up. The Interior Plains have prairies with tall grasses but the Rocky Mountains are tall and jagged, and can be snow-capped.
400
_____________ and its tributaries create the largest river system in the United States.
What is the Mississippi River.
400
About half of the land in the United States is used for __________. What are some possible attributes of the land that would cause it to be used for this?
What is farming. In the regions where people farm(Coastal Plains, Interior Plain, and the valleys int he West), the land is fertile, and there is enough water for crops to grow.
500
Define landform region.
What is a region that has similar landforms throughout.
500
Name at least 3 oceans.
What are the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and the Southern Ocean.
500
Describe the Great Basin.
What is an area that includes Nevada and parts of five neighboring states. It is a low, bowl-shaped land with higher land all around it. At the edge of the Great Basin lies Death Valley, California.
500
What is the difference between a river and a river system?
A river is simply a body of fresh, moving water that begins at a source and ends at a mouth, where it empties into a larger body of water. However, a river system includes the river and its tributaries, or the steams or rivers that flow into a larger stream or river. A river system drains, or carries water away from, the land around it.
500
Name a natural resource in our state. Is it renewable or nonrenewable?
What is coal. It is nonrenewable.
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