Landsape of New Jersey
Waters of New Jersey
Climate
Vocabulary
Mixed Bag
100
The highest point in the state of New Jersey
What is High Point, New Jersey
100
The beginning of a river.
What is its source?
100
The condition of the air at a certain time and place.
What is weather
100
What people do to relax and enjoy themselves.
What is recreation?
100
A heavy snowstorm with strong winds.
What is a blizzard?
200
The region of the United States that New Jersey is located in
What is The North East
200
The place where a river ends.
What is its mouth?
200
The pattern of weather over many years.
What is climate?
200
The measurement of heat and cold.
What is temperature?
200
The shapes that make up the Earth's surface.
What are landforms?
300
The large pine tree forest in the southern part of the state
What is Pinelands
300
Two important rivers in New Jersey.
What are the Delaware and the Hudson Rivers.
300
Two parts of climate in New Jersey.
What are temperature and precipitation?
300
A place where ships load and unload their goods.
What is a port?
300
Moisture that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, hail.
What is precipitation?
400
The river that borders New Jersey to the west.
What is the Delaware River
400
Smaller rivers and streams that add water to larger rivers
What are tributaries
400
Elevation, nearness of the land to a large body of water, nearness to the equator, and the direction storms come from.
What are factors that affect weather?
400
The study of Earth and the things on it.
What is geography?
400
The movement of people or goods from one place to another.
What is transportation?
500
The body of water that boarders New Jersey to the east.
What is The Atlantic Ocean
500
A system of streams and rivers that connect communities to one another.
What is waterways?
500
Violent storms with very strong winds and heavy rain.
What are hurricanes?
500
The height of the land above sea level.
What is elevation?
500
Layers of sand and rock that absorb water.
What is an aquifer?