Vocabulary Lesson 1
What word means next to each other?
contiguous
What is a landform region?
A region that has similar landforms throughout
Inlet
area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water
Gulf of Mexico
height of land in relation to the sea level
elevation
Something found in nature that people can use
Natural resource
What is a region?
Area in which many features are alike
Climate means what?
kind of weather a place has over a long time
Sound
a long inlet that separates offshore islands from the mainland
dry climate Think desert like
arid
Resources that cannot be reused
nonrenewable resource
What is a place that is compared to other places called?
relative location
What is the gradual wearing away of Earth's surface?
erosion
A stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river
tributary
Natural vegitation
plant life that grows naturally in a place
irrigation
use of canals, ditches, or pipes to move water
What is population?
Number of people
A group of connected mountains?
Mountain range
A place where the land drops sharply, causing rivers to form waterfalls or rapids
Fall line
cold dry region Think Antarctica
tundra
efficiency
using less energy to do the same tasks
What is a continent?
landmass, such as North America, Africa, Asia, South America, Europe, Australia, Antarctica
physical features like plains, hills, valley, plateau
landforms
a river and its tributaries
River system
The climate of a place depends on what?
Distance from the equator
Modify means to what?
change