Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
Vocabulary 4
Vocabulary 5
100
mountains, plateaus, hills, plains
What are the major landforms in the United States?
100
precipitation
What is water that falls to Earth's surface as rain, sleet, or snow?
100
natural resources
What is something found in nature that people can use, such as water, soil, and trees?
100
nonrenewable
What is something that cannot be made again by nature or by people?
100
continent
What is one of the seven largest land areas on Earth?
200
plateau
What is a high, flat area of land?
200
climate
What is the kind of weather a place has over a normal year?
200
renewable
What is something that can be made again by nature or people?
200
environment
What is surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live?
200
relative location
What is where a place is in relation to one or more other places on Earth?
300
canyon
What is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides?
300
temperature
What is how hot or cold the air is?
300
groundwater
What is water that sinks beneath Earth's surface when it rains or snows?
300
conservation
What is the protection and wise use of natural resources?
300
border
What is a line that shows the end of a place?
400
basin
What is a low, bowl-shaped land with higher ground around it?
400
equator
What is the closer the place it is to this, the warmer it usually is?
400
industry
What is all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service?
400
hemisphere
What is a half of Earth?
400
gulf
What is a part of an ocean or sea extending into the land?
500
Landforms
What are features such as mountains, hills, valleys, and plains that make up the Earth's surface?
500
humidity
What is moisture in the air?
500
minerals
What is a natural substance found in rocks.
500
prime meridian
What is an imaginary line that is often used to divide Earth into the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere?
500
lines of latitude
What is a line that runs east and west that are drawn on maps and globes
M
e
n
u