Vocabulary
What is moisture that falls to the ground in the form of rain, snow sleet, or hail?
precipitation
Where is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States?
Sandy Hook, New Jersey
What are the shapes that make up the earth’s surface known as?
landforms
What are creeks, streams, and rivers all examples of?
waterways
What is known as the condition of the air at a certain time and place?
Weather
What is the study of the Earth and the way people, plants, and animals live on it?
Geography
What waterway is shared by New Jersey and New York?
the Hudson River
What is the land that lies along the ocean known as?
the coast
What is the beginning of a river called?
the source
What is climate?
a pattern of weather over many years
What is elevation?
the height of land above sea level
What is the largest city in New Jersey and an important port?
Newark
What is the largest lake in New Jersey?
Lake Hopatcong
What is the mouth of a river?
where the river widens and empties into a large body of water
What are the two parts of climate?
temperature and precipitation
How would you describe a climate that is neither too hot nor too cold?
temperate
What city became the first container port in the world?
Elizabeth, New Jersey
What is the exact elevation on High Point (in feet)? (pg 19 in your book)
1803 feet
What are the smaller rivers and streams called that connect to a larger river?
tributaries
Name two things that can affect the climate. (not temperature and precipitation) (use pg 22 in your textbook for help)
elevation
the nearness to a large body of water
the direction of the wind/wind patterns
far you are from the equator