Vocabulary
Water Vocab
Natural Resources
Landforms
Misc
100
A piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water
What is a peninsula
100
a triangle shaped area at the mouth of a river
What is a delta
100
This resource is mined and used for fuel
What is coal
100
The southern region has the largest of this landform in the US
What is river
100
The south is divided into the ________ south and _________ south
What is upper, lower
200
someone who buys or uses goods and services
What is a consumer
200
A barrier build across a waterway to control the flow and level of water
What is a dam
200
This resource is used for electricity and transportation
What is water
200
A dry mostly flat grassland with few trees
What is a praire
200
Types of storms in the south
What is a hurricane
300
To change to better fit the environment
What is adapt
300
a river or stream that flows into another river
What is a tributary
300
This resource provides cotton and tobacco for the south
What is soil
300
The south shares this range with eastern region
What is the Appalachian Mountains
300
The 2 main waterways of the south
What is the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes
400
A person who makes and sells goods and services
What is a producer
400
A part of a waterway closed off by gates
What is a lock
400
This resource allows tourism and amusement parks to flourish in the south
What is the climate
400
This landform is the home of many alligators and snakes
What is a swamp or marsh
400
Because of the climate, the south provides a ________ growing season than in the east
What is longer
500
A place away from a coast or border
What is an interior
500
A high river bank that stops a river from overflowing
What is a levee
500
This resource is pipe-lined to the north
What is oil
500
An area of high, level ground
What is a plateau
500
Provides the most jobs in the south
What is the government
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