____ are physical features on the Earth's surface, such as plains, mountains, hills, and valleys.
What is landforms.
100
A stream or a river that flows into a larger stream or river is called a ______.
What is tributary
100
______ means a resource can be made again by nature or by people.
What is Renewable
100
True or False.
Most of the large cities in the United States are near water or on major transportation routes.
What is true
100
_____ U.S. has more mountains than the eastern U.S. so the climate varies more from place to place.
What is Western
200
The very large ____ _____ region stretches across the middle of North America, from the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west.
What is Interior Plains
200
The land drained by a river system is its _____ _____.
What is drainage basin
200
In every place on Earth landforms and ____ climate infleunce land use.
What is climate
200
_____ area is a large city and its surrounding suburbs.
What is Metropolitan
200
_____ is the plant life that grows naturally in place
What is vegetation
300
A group of connected mountains is called a _____ _____.
What is mountain range
300
Rio Grande forms part of the border between the U.S. and _____.
What is Mexico
300
_____ is the use of canals, ditches, or pipes to move water to dry areas.
What is irrigation
300
____ region is based on the work people do or the products they make.
What is economic
300
The U.S. has ____ main vegetation regions.
What is four
400
The ____ are the oldest mountain range that are in the U.S.
What is Appalachian Mountains
400
The regular rise and fall of the ocean and bodies of water connected to it are called _______.
What is tides
400
A _____ resource is a resource that cannot be made again by nature or people.
What is nonrenewable
400
A ______ region is one based on where people live.
What is population
400
_____ is the kind of weather a place has most often, year after year.
What is climate
500
_____ is the height of the land in relation to sea level.
What is Elevation
500
The lines that run east and west are the lines of ______.
What is latitude
500
The lines that run north and south on a map or globe are the lines of ______.
What is longitude
500
A _____ _____ connects all points of equal elevation.
What is contour line
500
Most ____ maps use only a few important contour lines, with colors added between the lines.