Regions
Landforms
Resources
Location
100
How many regions are in NC?
3
100
A place on Earth’s surface that is much higher than the land around it.
What is a Mountain
100
Anything found in nature that can be used by humans
What is a natural resource?
100
Determines a place’s location in relation to some place else
What is relative location
200
What part of NC is the Mountain Region located?
Western NC
200
A broad flat area of high land raised above the surrounding land.
What is a plateau
200
These trees are grown in the Mountain Region
What are Christmas Trees?
200
An instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of north.
What is a compass?
300
What region is Raleigh located in?
The Piedmont Region
300
A wide area of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and forms a channel between the mainland or an island
What is a sound
300
A material obtained through a chemical process. It is not naturally found on Earth.
What is a man made resource?
300
The specific coordinates of a place on earth.
What is absolute location
400
This region is made up of the Outer Banks and Wetlands
The Coastal Plains
400
Water that is completely surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
400
Technology is considered a resource in which region?
What is the Piedmont Region?
400
This device uses satellites orbiting Earth to determine absolute location.
What is a GPS
500
What region is sometimes referred to as the foot of the mountain?
The Piedmont Region
500
The largest bodies of water on earth.
What is an ocean
500
A natural resource found in the Coastal Plains
What is fishing
500
These coordinates are used to describe absolute location.
What is latitude and longitude
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