Vocabulary
Resources
Landforms
Regions
Bodies of Water
100
Something found in nature that people can use for their needs and wants.
What is a natural resource?
100
This area of North Carolina provides us with the following resources: air, paper, and wood.
What is forests?
100
Another name for the Outer Coastal Plain.
What is Tidewater?
100
The three regions of North Carolina.
What is The Coastal Plain Region, The Piedmont, and The Mountains?
100
Low-lying areas that are at least partially covered by water.
What is wetlands?
200
Feature of the land.
What is a landform?
200
A crop grown near Fayetteville that is used to make bread.
What is wheat?
200
Mountains in North Carolina given their name from the clouds at the peaks creating a "smokey" appearance.
What is the Great Smokey Mountains?
200
The two parts of the Coastal Plain Region.
What is the Inner Coastal Plain, and the Outer Costal Plain?
200
A natural lake that stores water.
What is a reservoir?
300
Carries rainwater and melted snow and ice away from the land around it.
What is a river system?
300
Sand and gravel can be found in this region.
What is the Coastal Plain?
300
The highest peak in the eastern United States, standing at 6,684 feet.
What is Mount Mitchell?
300
Lies west of the Piedmont and covers most of western North Carolina.
What is the Mountains?
300
A low, flat land along a river.
What is a floodplain?
400
An exact location.
What is an absolute location?
400
Minerals and gemstones are often found in this region.
What is the Mountain Region?
400
Another name for the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
What is the barrier islands?
400
The region bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Coastal Plain region?
400
One of North Carolina's best known rivers.
What is the Cape Fear River?
500
A postion compared to one or more other places on Earth.
What is relative location?
500
Granite and clay can be found in this region.
What is the Piedmont?
500
A region described as a plateau with rolling hills, and low mountains.
What is the Piedmont?
500
A region of North Carolina that contains the Fall Line.
What is the Piedmont?
500
A river or stream that flows into a larger river.
What is a tributary?
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