Landforms
What is a landform?
A physical feature of land
How many regions are in the United States?
Five
What is climate?
The pattern of weather in an area measured over time.
What are the 3 types of resources?
Natural, human, and capital
To adapt to something means to ___________.
Change
What landform has high elevation and usually has a cooler climate?
Mountains
What are the names for each of the five regions in the U.S?
Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all examples of this.
Precipitation
Gold, wood, minerals, and berries are are examples of this type of resource.
Natural
What are 3 types of maps we learned about?
Political, Resource, and Climate
What landform is flat, grassy, and sits below towering mountains?
Valleys
Colorado, Sacramento, Salinas, San Joaquin, and Klamath are the names of what in California?
Rivers
This term describes the level of moisture in the air.
Humidity
This resource describes when people work to provide goods and/or services.
Human
This is a service that helps people get place to place if they do not own their own vehicle.
Public transportation
What landform is dry, hot, and usually has the least amount of plants & animals in an area?
Deserts
This area of California's Mojave Desert is said to have the lowest elevation on Earth.
Death Valley
Elevation is the height above ______ __________.
sea level
True or False: a renewable resource is something that you can only use a certain number of times and are finite.
False; renewable resources can be used over and over
A type of Californian home that was built near the suburbs, were a single story houses, and are mostly found in Los Angeles.
Tract Homes
What landform can be found between and/or below mountains, which acts as a pathway for people to use?
Mountain pass
What word describes the how California touches other states, such as Arizona and Nevada?
Boundary
What U.S region is the most diverse in its climate?
West
This type of resource describes the tools we use in order to make goods.
Capital
This term describes an underground layer of soil, sand, rock, or gravel that is filled with water
Aquifer