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Vocabulary
Florida's Location and Landforms
Florida's Water
Florida's Climate
Florida's Resources
100
Water that falls to Earth
What is precipitation?
100
Florida is divided into these two sections.
What are the panhandle, and peninsula?
100
A long period of time with no rain.
What is a drought?
100
How weather is over a period of time.
What is climate?
100
Something from nature that is used to help people.
What is a natural resource?
200
A place where animals find food and shelter.
What is a habitat?
200
Florida's Relative Location in the United States.
What is the south?
200
A place where a ship can dock.
What is a harbor?
200
How hot or cold something is.
What is temperature?
200
What is the difference between renewable and non renewable resources
non-renewable resources cannot be recreated
300
something people make, grow, or raise to be sold.
What is a product?
300
This is where florida was millions of years ago.
Where is under a shallow sea?
300
Why does florida feel hot and sticky most of the year?
Because of humidity.
300
Give examples of renewable and non renewable resources.
Renewable resource: Trees Non Renewable: Water, Petroleum, Phosphate
400
An area made up of places with similar physical features.
What is a landform?
400
These are Florida's natural regions.
What are wetlands, lowlands, highlands?
400
What is an aquifer?
Limestone underground that holds rainwater.
400
These thing effect climate.
What are closeness to equator, elevation, wind, closeness to water?
400
Why is farming successful in Florida?
It has a long growing season, and fertile soil.
500
An area made up of places with similar physical features.
What is a natural region?
500
This is where coastal plains are located.
Where is int he Coastal Lowlands Region (along the coast)?
500
This river is a part of an important river system.
What is the Kissimmee River?
500
How does elevation effect climate?
The lower the elevation the colder the climate, the higher the elevation, the warmer the climate.
500
Why is Water non-renewable?
Because once it runs out, we cannot remake it.