Vocabulary
Vocabulary #2
Global Address
Landforms/
Bodies of Water
River Systems
100
What is the kind of weather a place has over a long period of time?
Climate.
100
What is the term for the amount of moisture in the air?
Humidity.
100
What county do we live in?
York County
100
What is land rising high above the surrounding land?
A mountain.
100
What is the end of a river called?
The mouth.
200
What is a natural resource that cannot be replaced when it is used up?
Nonrenewable Resource
200
What is the term used for protecting natural resources and using them wisely?
Conservation.
200
What region do we live in?
Northeast.
200
What is an area of land that is completely surrounded by water?
An island.
200
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300
This term represents half of the Earth.
Hemisphere.
300
What is the term for using a resource again?
Recycle.
300
What country do we live in?
The United States of America.
300
What is a large natural area of water surrounded by land?
A lake.
300
What is the beginning of a river called?
The source.
400
What is the term used for the wearing away of Earth's surface?
Erosion.
400
What is the term for making a natural resource dirty or unsafe to use?
Pollution.
400
What continent are we on?
North America.
400
What is a thin strip of land that extends into a body of water?
A peninsula.
400
What is the term for rivers that flow into a larger river?
Tributaries
500
What is a natural resource that can be replaced when it is used up?
renewable resource
500
What is an imaginary line on the globe that divides Earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
500
What two hemispheres are we located in?
Northern and Western Hemispheres.
500
What is a natural area of water that is mostly surrounded by land?
A bay.
500
Name two tributaries of the Mississippi River.
Missouri River, Ohio River, or Arkansas River.
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