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Social Studies
Landforms
Climate
The Earth
Vocabulary
100
Examines the skills needed to understand the world we live in
What is Social Studies Skills
100
The 4 main land forms are determined by this
What is elevation?
100
Most of the US is in this zone
What is Temperate?
100
The continents are located on these
What are tectonic plates?
100
Materials found in nature
What are minerals
200
Examines the holidays, foods, traditions of a society?
What is Culture
200
This land form has the highest elevation?
What is a mountain?
200
This 0 degree line of latitude is in the tropical zone
What is the equator?
200
This giant continent eventually broke apart
What is Pangaea
200
The wearing away of land caused by wind, rain, ice
What is erosion?
300
Examines how the past has shaped the present?
What is history?
300
Most of NJ has this type of land form?
What is a plain?
300
There are 3 of these in each hemisphere
What are climate zones?
300
These are the 3 layers of the earth
What core, mantle and crust?
300
A river and all the streams that flow into it
What is a river system?
400
Examines people and their environment?
What is Geography?
400
This land form has a high, flat area.
What is a plateau?
400
Southern Hemisphere climate zones in order from North to South
What are tropical, temperate and polar?
400
Heat from this layer of earth puts pressure on the mantle
What is the core?
400
The height above sea level
What is elevation?
500
Examines how the past has shaped the present?
What is history?
500
This land form is higher than a plain, but smaller than a mountain
What is a hill?
500
This climate zone is the hottest
What is tropical?
500
There are 7 of these very large land masses
What are continents?
500
Products of human skill
What are artifacts