This land form is similar to hill, except that its top is flat and not rounded.
What is a mesa
100
The condition of the air at a certain time and place.
What is weather
100
------- is something in the enviornment that people can use. Soil, water, and trees are all examples of natural resources.
What is natural resources
100
To change to fit a new set of conditions
What is to adapt
100
to ______ means to save or protect them.
What is to conserve
200
a plain that is formed from the dirt and silt that settle after a river has overflowed.
What is a flood plain.
200
how hot or cold a place is
What is temperature
200
The use of wealth and resources in a place
What is an economy
200
The use of tools and scientific knowledge to do work.
What is technology
200
______ resources are resources that can be replaced.
What is renewable resources.
300
a deep narrow valley with steep, rocky slides.
What is a canyon
300
the pattern of weather in a place over a period of time.
What is climate
300
human-made things that we use to grow or make other things.
What is capital resources
300
The use of technology to bring water to crops.
What is irrigation
300
The amount of water in the air
What is humidity
400
large, flat, raised areas of land.
What is a plateau
400
What effect does elevation have on climate?
A rise in elevation causes temperature to fall. Some places at high elevation have a colder climate.
400
_________ include people and their skills, ideas, and hard work. without these, nothing could be produced.
What is human resources
400
an underground layer of porous rock that holds water.
What is an aquifer
400
a line that divides one area or state from another
What is a boundary
500
What are the five regions of the United States?
Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West
500
What causes evaporation?
The sun heats the earths waters
500
resources that cannot be replaced or would take a long time to form again.
What is nonrenewable resources.
500
Why might certain people settle near natural resources?
The work they do depends on natural resources. People also live near natural resources that help them survive.
500
Who was Marjory Stoneman Douglas?
She was an American journalist and environmentalist. In the 1940's She fought to save the everglades and brought them to the attention of the rest of America. She stressed how integral they were to the local ecosystem.