Land and Regions
A natural feature of Earth's surface.
What is a landform?
The pattern of weather in a place over a period of time.
What is climate?
What does conserve mean?
This word means to change to fit a new set of conditions.
What does it mean to adapt?
AK is the state abbreviation for which state? (This state is in the West)
Alaska
Landforms that rise high above the land around them and can have steep sides, rocky cliffs, and towering peaks.
What are mountains?
What are temperature, precipitation, humidity, etc.?
True or False: Nonrenewable resources can't be replaced once it's finished or gone.
True.
True or False: People can't change the environment to meet their needs.
False.
LA is the state abbreviation for which state? (This state is in the Southeast)
Louisiana
A dry area that gets little rain.
What is a desert?
The amount of water in the air.
What is humidity?
Items people make or grow to sell.
What are products?
An underground layer of porous rock that holds water.
What is an aquifer?
VT is the state abbreviation for which state?(This state is in the Northeast)
Vermont
A type of boundary that is not set by laws and is based on many characteristics.
What is a regional boundary?
The reason why the Southwest is very dry is that there is less of this.
What is precipitation?
This resource is something in the environment that people can use.
What are natural resources?
This type of technology can be used to bring water to crops.
What is irrigation?
IN is the abbreviation for which state.(This state is in the Midwest)
Indiana
This landform is like a hill but it's flat at the top and not rounded like a hill.
What is a mesa?
This factor affects climate and two examples where it can be seen affecting the climate are Mt.Kilimanjaro and the Andes Mountains.
What is elevation?
People and their skills, ideas, and work are part of this resource.
What are human resources?
Give an example of how people use technology to make a greater change to the land that wasn't possible before. (Ex. In the past, people use to chop down trees with axes. Now we use machines to cut down trees to clear land quicker.)
Sample Answer(Any answer that fits in this scenario is valid and answers may vary)
NM is the state abbreviation for which state? (This state is in the Southwest)
New Mexico