A polar bear lives in an arctic climate, which best describes an arctic climate?
a. wet and hot
b. dry with a little rainfall
c. cool or cold
d. not very cold or very hot.
What is C.
100
Trees are used to make _________?
a. Vegetables and wheat
b. lumber and paper
c. telephones and toys
d. electricity
What is B.
100
What are the 7 continents named?
What is North America, South America, Europe, Antarctica, Asia, Austrailia, Africa
100
A resource that takes a long time to replace.
What is nonrenewable resource.
200
To save and protect natural resources.
What is conserve.
200
What should a family do if it wants to build a house in an area that has strong winds and hurricanes?
a. It should use building materials that can stay up in strong winds.
b. It should build a dam on a nearby river.
c. It should build the house near a large lake.
d. It should irrigate the land in that area.
What is A.
200
Which type of body of water is made of salt water?
a. lake
b. oceans
c. rivers
d. glaciers
What is B, oceans
200
What continent do we live on?
What is North America
200
To change the way you do something to fit into the environment.
What is adapt.
300
A place where there is a lot of flat land and soil that is good for farming.
What is agricultural region.
300
Most of the U.S. is in a temperate climate region. What is a temperate climate region?
a. cool or cold for most of the year.
b. wet and hot for most of the year.
c. not as cold as the coldest region and not as hot as the hottest region.
d. dry with a little rainfall.
What is C.
300
What low, flat, land area is found in parts of Nebraska and Kansas?
a. Great Plains
b. Rocky Mountains
c. the Great Lakes
d. Appalachian Mountians
What is A.Great Plains?
300
How many Oceans are there? Name them. P.A.I.A.
What is 4? Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic
300
All living things interacting and working together
What is ecosystem.
400
A place where many kinds of businesses are located.
What is industrial region.
400
Which Ocean runs along the western coasts of North America and South America?
a. Pacific Ocean
b. Atlantic Ocean
c. Arctic Ocean
d. Indian Ocean
What is Pacific Ocean?
400
What is the region where you will find the Great Lakes?
a. West and Southwest
b. Southwest and Southeast
c. Northwest and Southeast
d. Midwest and Northeast
What is D.
400
What makes up the three parts of climate? p. 52
What is temperature, precipitation, and wind.
400
The weather that a place has over a long period of time.
What is climate.
500
The form or shape of a part of Earth's surface.
What is landform.
500
A small plant grows in the desert in the Southwest region. Which is most likely true about this plant?
a. It needs a lot of rain
b. It is eaten by caribou (Reindeer)
c. The ground where it grows is frozen all year.
d. It needs only a small amount of water.
What is D.
500
Which natural resource is used to BOTH heat a home and fuel a car?
a. coal
b. oil
c. soil
d. trees
What is B.
500
What is Geography? p. 46
What is the study of Earth and its people.
500
a resource that can be replaced in a shorter amount of time.