Landforms
Vocabulary
US Regions
Climate & Vegetation
Resources
100
Another name for flat or rolling land covered mostly by grasses.
What is a prairie?
100
The gradual wearing away of something.
What is erosion?
100
The number of regions in the United States.
What is 5?
100
This can affect what people wear, what kinds of activities they do, and how they earn their living.
What is climate?
100
This is the way in which people USE the LAND.
What is land use?
200
The mountain range that runs from the Northeast region into the Southeast region.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
200
The invisible line that separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the equator?
200
This word means dry.
What is arid?
200
The height of the land in relation to sea level.
What is elevation?
200
This is something usable found in nature.
What is a natural resource?
300
The major body of water that is found on off the West coast.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
300
The use of canals or ditches to bring water from one place to another.
What is irrigation?
300
A cold dry climate where very little vegetation is able to grow.
What is a tundra?
300
This causes the changes in seasons.
What is the Earth's orbit?
300
Coal, ores, minerals, gas, oil.
What is nonrenewable resources?
400
The 5 large lakes found near the middle of the United States. (Hint: HOMES)
What is Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior?
400
The Earth does this around the sun
What is orbit?
400
These states are located in this region: Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, California.
What is the West?
400
These TWO regions tend to be more dry and desertous than others, making it difficult for vegetation to flourish.
What are the West and the Southwest?
400
Using less energy to do the same tasks.
What is efficiency?
500
The longest river in the United States.
What is the Mississippi River?
500
A period of 1,000 years.
What is a millennium?
500
The Rio Grande runs through this region into the border of Mexico.
What is the Southwest?
500
Vegetation varies across the United States because of temperature and ___________________.
What is precipitation (rainfall)?
500
Name 3 examples of renewable resources.
What is water, trees, light, wind,
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