Vocabulary 1
A giant sheet of ice
Glacier
A resource that can be replaced
Renewable resource
In which continent is New York located?
North America
The study of Earth and of the ways people use it
Geography
A resource that cannot be replaced
Nonrenewable resource
A snowstorm with heavy winds is a _______, but a rainstorm with heavy winds is a __________.
Blizzard/Hurricane
A natural feature on Earth's surface
Landforms
A diagram that shows when events took place
Time line
What are three examples of landforms?
Mountains, hills, valleys, plains, plateaus
Water that falls to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Precipitation
The surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live
Environment
What helped form New York's land after the Ice Age by rounding tops of hills and carving out valleys?
Glaciers
How hot or cold an area is
Temperature
The pattern of weather in a certain place over many years
Climate
Give one example of a renewable resource and one example of a non renewable resource.
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