Where is North Carolina?
The Shape of Land
The Shape of Land/Rivers and Lakes
North Carolina's Resources
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100
An area with features that make it different from other areas.

Region

100

The height of the land.

Elevation

100

Low-lying areas where the water level is always near or above the surface of the land.

Wetlands

100

Something found in nature that people can use.

Natural Resource

100

This ocean is located along the coast of North Carolina.

The Atlantic Ocean

200

Half of a sphere or a round object, such as Earth.

Hemisphere

200

Low, narrow islands between the ocean and the coastline of a mainland.

Barrier Islands

200

A place along which rivers drop from higher to lower ground.

Fall Line

200

Something people make or grow; usually to sell.

Product

200

What NC region do we live in?

Piedmont

300

The imaginary line that separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Equator

300

A lowland that lies along an ocean.

Coastal Plain

300
Low, flat land along a river; where water spreads out when a river floods

Floodplain

300

A place where animals find food and shelter

Habitat

300

What mountain range separates the Piedmont and the Mountain region?

The Blue Ridge Mountains

400

The set of imaginary lines running east to west around the Earth, also called parallels.

Lines of Latitude

400

The rising and falling of the oceans and the waters connected to them.

Tides

400

A body of water that lies between a mainland and an island

Sound

400

Anything that makes a natural resource dirty or unsafe to use.

Pollution

400

What crop does North Carolina produce more of that any other state?

Sweet Potatoes

500

The starting place to lines of longitude, splits the Earth into its east and west hemispheres.

Prime Meridian

500

A land that rises above the surrounding land

Plateau

500

A river or stream that flows into a larger river.

Tributary

500

A place where stone is cut or blasted out of the ground

Quarry

500

True or False: The Coastal Plain covers almost half of North Carolina.

True!

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