The Western Hemisphere
Landforms
How Do I Get There?
Our Environment
Landforms 2
Miscellaneous
100
The United States is on this continent.
North America
100
land surrounded by water
island
100
Direction to travel from the United States to Canada.
north
100
when harmful substances are placed in the environment and affect the organisms that live there
pollution
100
where the land meets the ocean
coast
100
When we launched the rockets, the force of the air pressure propelled them up.
This force made them fall back to earth.
gravity
200
The longest mountain range in South America, and the world.
The Andes
200
land surrounded by three sides of water. Florida is a big one.
peninsula
200
Direction you need to travel from Patchogue to Manhattan.
west
200
Plants use ________ from the sun for photosynthesis. in general, it's how things change or move.
energy
200
wide, flat land. Also a type of bagel that can fly.
plain
200
a certain area or space on earth
region
300
A region of the Western Hemisphere with a lot of islands (like Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti/Dominican Republic)
Caribbean
300
a row of connected mountains
range
300
This map tool lets me estimate distance in miles or kilometers.
map scale
300
When a forest is destroyed by cutting down the trees and not replacing them.
deforestation
300
To go from Long Island to Fire Island, you have to cross the Great South _____.
Bay
300
The new principal at Saxton Middle School.
Ms. Luisa
400
The largest country in South America. They speak Portuguese.
Brazil
400
a high surface with a flat area
plateau
400
This map tool tells me the direction on a map.
compass rose
400
The path that water follows as it moves around earth as a solid, liquid, or gas.
It doesn't have wheels.
water cycle
400
In between hills and mountains
valley
400
It grows in the Caribbean, South America, and parts of North America, but it is native to Southeast Asia.
sugar
500
The longest rivers in North America and South America.
The Mississippi and the Amazon
500
a valley with very steep sides
canyon
500
The interstate route number of the Long Island Expressway.
500
The four processes of the water cycle.
precipitation, evaporation, condensation, runoff
500
grassy plain with few or no trees
prairie
500
all of the living and non-living things in an area and their interactions
ecosystem