Vocabulary
The form or shape of part of the Earth's surface.
A. Landform
B. Continent
C. Region
What is Landform.
There are _______ regions in the United States.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 7
What is 5.
Paper and timber are made from this natural resource.
A. Trees
B. Soil
C. Iron
What are Trees.
This is a mountain that erupts in an explosion of molten rock, gases, and ash.
A. Hurricane
B. Volcano
C. Earthquake
What is a Volcano.
There are ______ climate regions in North America.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
What is 4 climate regions.
A place where many kinds of factories are located.
A. Agricultural Region
B. Vegetation
C. Industrial Region
What is Industrial Region.
South River is located in the _________ region.
A. Midwest
B. Southeast
C. Northeast
What is Northeast.
Oil is mostly found in this US region.
A. Northeast
B. Southeast
C. Southwest
What is the Southwest region.
This state has more earthquakes than any other state in our country.
A. New Jersey
B. Texas
C. California
What is California.
This climate region is mostly wet and hot.
A. Temperate
B. Desert
C. Tropical
What is Tropical.
To change the way you do something.
A. Adapt
B. Enable
C. Conserve
What is to Adapt.
This region has deserts and houses made of adobe.
A. Southwest
B. Southeast
C. West
What is Southwest region.
This natural resource is used to help make electricity.
A. Iron
B. Gold
C. Coal
What is Coal.
This is a big storm with strong winds and a lot of rainfall.
A. Hurricane
B. Earthquake
C. Volcano
What is an Hurricane.
This climate region has little rainfall and is hot during the day and cold at night.
A. Desert
B. Arctic
C. Tropical
What is Desert.
A place where all living things interact with each other.
A. Adobe
B. Region
C. Ecosystem
What is an Ecosystem.
This region has mostly mountains like the Rocky Mountains and people like to hike, fish and camp.
A. Midwest
B. West
C. Southeast
What is the West region.
Trees, water, soil and animals are examples of this type of resource.
A. Renewable resources
B. Nonrenewable resources
C. Conservation resources
What is Renewable resources.
When natural hazards cause damage to the environment, they are called natural _________.
A. Problems
B. Disasters
C. Emergencies
What are Natural Disasters.
This region is cold and found at the top of North America.
A. Temperate
B. Arctic
C. Desert
What is Arctic.
Sun dried bricks used to build homes and shelters in the Southwest.
A. Adobe
B. Mine
C. Recycle
What is Adobe.
This region has flat land where people work on farms or mine for coal and iron.
A. Northeast
B. West
C. Midwest
What is the Midwest region.
This is an example of a nonrenewable resource.
A. Oil
B. Gold
C. Soil
What is Oil.
This is the violent shaking of the earth.
A. Volcano
B. Hurricane
C. Earthquake
What is an Earthquake.
New Jersey is located in this climate region.
A. Desert
B. Arctic
C. Temperate
What is Temperate.