Vocabulary
What is the moisture that falls to the ground as rain, sleet or snow called?
Precipation
What is funnel shaped and moves over the ground very quickly, destroying everything in its path.
Tornado
The students had to decide on a price for their product. They had enough supply and demand to make a decision. They had enough popcorn but did they have enough demand.
Supply Demand
What were two states in the midwest?
Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
What is divided into groups of states with common features?
regions
Name four types of precipation?
rain, sleet, snow or hail
When you decide to buy one thing, you are giving up the chance to buy other things. This is known as?
Opportunity Cost
Since states in a region often share rescources they usually share what?
An economy
What is a storm with very strong winds and heavy rain called?
hurricanes
We say the side of mountain that faces away from ocean is in the _______________.
rain shadow
In our book, what product did Mrs. High Class start a business off of? What did they sell?
popcorn
Which region is farming very important in almost every state?
Midwest
What is a person or company that puts money into a business called?
investor
In the Summer, the land is warmer than the lake water. Winds blowing off the lakes bring cool air and help keep the temperatures on land from getting too high. Which Lake Effect is it Winter & Summer.
Summer
What is two things that is important when running a business?
Teamwork and the desire to set goals
The coal mined in ___________ provides energy for people in other regions. Which State?
Hint: Fried Chicken
Kentucky
The money left over after a business pays for supplies, tools and workers salaries is called?
Profit
Which Hurricane was in 2005 into the Gulf Coast.
Hint its starts with a K.
Hurricane Katrina
In our books on page 97, what choices did the students have about using the profit from their business?
They had to chose from going on a field trip or buying kites
What does the geographic region share? Similar what? 2 things
Hint: We did a unit about them both.
landforms and climate