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Land and Regions
Bodies of Water
Climate and Vegetation Regions
Using the Land/ Where People Live and Work
Studies Weekly
100
Name the four landform regions.
Mountains, Plateaus, Hills, and Plains
100
What bodies of water help connect the United States to other countries of the world?
Oceans
100
What varies more from place to place because the Western United States is much more mountainous than the Eastern side of the country?
Climate
100
What word describes a resource that cannot be made again by people or nature?
non-renewable
100
What word describes the removal of trees?
Deforestation
200
Which landform region covers most of the center of the United States?
Interior Plains
200
What type of water is important for wildlife as well as people and farming?
Fresh water
200
What four main vegetation regions cover most of the United States?
forest, grassland, desert, and tundra
200
What word describes a resource that can be made again by people or nature?
Renewable
200
What is the process of glaciers carving solid rock?
Plucking
300
What word describes a physical feature on Earth's surface?
Landform
300
What two bodies of water provide transportation routes within the United States?
Rivers and Lakes
300
What word describes the plant life that grows naturally in a place?
vegetation
300
What is the use of canals, ditches, or pipes to move water to dry areas?
Irrigation
300
What are things that occur in nature?
Geological forces
400
What words describe a group of connected mountains?
Mountain Range
400
Oceans move in the form of waves and what?
Currents
400
How does the location near mountains or plains affect people's lives?
Mountains cause rainfall on one side and dryness on the other, and plains receive heavy winds. People would prefer to live in milder climates.
400
Most of the large cities in the United States are near what?
water or major transportation routes
400
What are great forces that may cause death, injury, or property damage?
Natural disasters
500
How does the distance from the equator affect people's lives?
The closer a place is to the equator, the warmer it is.
500
What word describes the regular rise and fall of an ocean and of the bodies of water connected to it?
Tides
500
What are the two mountain ranges in the United States?
Appalachian and Rocky
500
What is made up of a large city and its surrounding suburbs?
Metropolitan Area
500
What is place where melted rock leaks through the Earth's surface?
volcano