Climate
What is a desert climate like?
It is hot and dry
What is a natural hazard?
A natural event that can cause harm to people or the environment.
What is a natural resource?
A useful material that comes from the Earth.
What is a landform?
A shape or part of the Earth’s surface.
What is a renewable resource?
a resource that can be replaced in a short time.
What are the four main types of climate?
Arctic, temperate, tropical, and desert.
Name two examples of natural hazards.
Volcanoes and hurricanes.
Name two examples of natural resources.
water soil, gold
Name examples of landforms.
Mountians, valleys and plains
What is a non-renewable resource?
a resource that can take a long time to replace,or cannot be replaced after they are used.
What is climate?
The kind of weather that takes place over a long period of time.
Describe how hurricanes can impact regions.
They can cause flooding, wind damage, and loss of life.
Why is it important to protect natural resources?
So that we do not run out of them.
How does the temperature change when you go up a mountain?
It gets cooler.
What is a region?
how states are grouped based on their location and the landforms they share.
What is vegetation?
Plant life
What do volanoes help form?
Mountain chains
How can we proetect natural resources?
Conderve them and recyle them
What does adapt mean?
To change the way you do something
Rain or snow
What are trees used to make?
Lumber and paper
What can be added to a city when the population gets large?
More buildings built, more transportation added, roads widened