Vocabulary
The American Landscape
Climate
Landforms/
Location
Save the Trees
100
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What is the place where a river begins.
100
Where are the Coastal Plains located?
What is East Coast USA
100
What features best describe weather and climate?
What is temperature, wind, and precipitation
100
The US is ________ in relationship to the Atlantic Ocean?
What is West
100
Example of how people can conserve a non renewable resource.
What is drive cars less.
200
equator
What is an imaginary line that divides the both and south hemispheres.
200
True or False? Plains are the most common landform in the middle part of the U.S.
What is True
200
Difference between climate and weather.
What is climate over time. Weather more short term.
200
True or False. NJ is East of the Mississippi River.
What is True
200
Example of renewable resource.
What is trees.
300
landform
What is mountains, hills, valleys, that are on lands surface.
300
True or False? Mount McKinely has the highest elevation in North America.
What is True.
300
Mountains usually have a _______ climate than valley areas. Why?
What is colder because mountains are at a higher elevation.
300
Which mountain range lies east of the Interior Plains?
What is the Appalachian Mountains
300
Examples of Nonrenewable resource.
What is gas, fuel, minerals, oil, coal, copper.
400
elevation
What is the hight of land above sea level.
400
How are the Coastal Plains and the Interior Plains alike? How are they different?
What is both large flat lands. CP are located in the East along the Atlantic Ocean. IP are located in the middle of the US.
400
How does elevation effect climate?
What is the higher above sea level land is, the colder the climate.
400
The U.S. is located in which hemisphere?
What is the North Hemisphere.
400
What is conservation?
What is protecting if NR and using them wisely.
500
enviorment
What is the surroundings were people plants and animals live.
500
What are the main sources of fresh water in the U.S. How do people use this natural resource?
What are rivers, lakes, groundwater. Drinking, cooking, cleaning, farming, creating power.
500
What is the main reason that Alaska has a colder climate than Hawaii?
What is Alaska is father from the equator.
500
Which industry needs a lot of water to grow crops?
What is the farming industry.
500
Why is conservation important?
What is We can't live without them
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