Vocabulary 1
What is a landform?
Landforms are shapes that makeup the Earth's surface.
What is the low land between hills or mountains, often with a river at the bottom?
Valley
What country borders New York?
Canada
What is weather?
Weather is the condition of the air at a certain time and place.
As you move away from the _____________, the climate get colder.
Equator
What are 3 examples of landforms?
Plains, valleys, mountains, hills, plateaus
What is the study of Earth and the way people, plants, and animals live on and use it?
Geography
What body of water borders the South Shore of Long Island?
Atlantic Ocean
What is climate?
Climate is the pattern of weather of a certain place over many years.
This mountain range covers most of Northern New York.
Adirondack Mountains
What is a line that divides one place from another?
Border
What is the beginning of a river called?
Source
What body of what borders the North Shore of Long Island?
Long Island Sound
What are the two parts of climate?
Temperature and precipitation
This is the moving of goods or people from one place to another.
Transportation
What is an Ice Age and when was the last time we experienced one?
An ice age is a period of very cold weather on Earth. The last ice age occurred 10,000 years ago.
What is the place where a stream or river enters a large body of water called?
Lake Ontario and Lake Erie
What are 4 examples of precipitation?
rain, sleet, snow, hail
Where does a hurricane form?
Over water
What is till and where can it be found?
Till is a mix of rocks and soil, and can be found on farmland.
Describe a glacier. Explain how a glacier formed New York?
A glacier is a huge sheet of ice that moves slowly. A glacier formed New York by pushing rocks and soil together and left huge holes that filled with water.
What 5 states border New York?
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut
What three factors affect climate?
1. How far north
2. How high
3. How far from water
Why is the Hudson River so important and unique? Provide 3 reasons.
1. Used for transportation
2. Deep enough for large ships to travel
3. It is 300 miles long