Landforms
A long chain of high, rocky land, usually with steep sides and pointed or rounded tops, higher than a hill
What is a mountain range
Weather patterns of temperature and precipitation of a region
What is climate?
Climate region with permafrost and no vegetation
Polar/Ice Cap
What is land use?
Changing our environment
What is modify
A large stream of water flowing through the land into another body of water
What is a river?
A climate region that is farthest away from the equator
What is polar / ice cap?
Climate region that consist of tropical rainforest and savanna
What is tropical?
What is population density?
What is depend?
A raised, flat area of land
What is a plateau?
A climate region that is close to the equator and inland
What is arid?
Climate region that consists of plains and deciduous forests
What is temperate/ humid continental
An area that has characteristics (natural or cultural) that set it apart
What is a region?
We change for our environment
What is adapt
A body of water that stretches from an ocean or sea and cuts deep into the coastline, and enclosed by land on three sides
What is a gulf?
A climate region characterized by having four distinct seasons
What is temperate
Climate region that consists of desert scrub and plants adapted to the dry climate
What is arid?
Why are coastal areas more densely populated?
Due to trade, transportation, fishing, drinking water, and hydroelectric power
Building dams to stop flooding is an example of what two interactions
What are Modify and adapt
Land built up by deposits of sand and silt at the mouth of some rivers
What is a delta?
The two climate regions that are closest to the equator
What are tropical and arid?
The name of both types of grasslands (temperate and tropical)
What are savannahs and plains
List three characteristics that could be a part of someone's culture
Clothing, food, traditions, religion, beliefs, language, music, values
What is an advantage and disadvantage to living an area with low elevation
Advantage: rich fertile soil
Disadvantage: flooding