The large pieces of land surrounded by water are Earth's _______________.
Continents
100
The imaginary line running along the middle of our planet that divides it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
equator
100
A think, moving sheet of ice.
glacier
100
What is a natural resource?
something found in nature that people can use
100
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather describes the air at a certain time and place.
Climate is the pattern of weather that occurs in a place year after year.
200
As your spaceship glides close to North America, you see five huge lakes. What are these known as?
The Great Lakes
200
The imaginary line that runs along the middle of our planet dividing it into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian
200
Scientists believe that Earth has had several periods of very cold climate called an __________.
Ice Age
200
In the past, Ohio's rivers and streams provided the fastest _______ routes to link people together.
transportation
200
What is precipitation?
Water that falls to the ground in the form of snow, rain, sleet, or hail
300
Just south of this lake is Ohio.
Lake Erie
300
This is used to measure the distance on Earth's surface.
degrees
300
How did glaciers affect the landscape of Ohio?
They carved out plains, plateaus, and left huge holes in the land that would later be filled with water over hundreds of years.
300
What does transportation mean?
Moving goods or people from one place to another.
300
What is the Interior Plains region of our state?
Wide, stretches of flat land and gently rolling hills.
400
Geographers divide the United States into five _____.
Regions
400
These lines are used to help locate a place on a map.
Lines of latitude and longitude
400
Why are the hills higher and steeper in southeastern Ohio compared to the rest of the state?
The glacier never spread into this region of the state.
400
What is the "Ohio Divide"?
A line of small hills that runs east to west across our state. Rivers north of the divide flow into Lake Erie. Rivers south of the divide flow into the Ohio River.
400
What is the Appalachian Plateau region of our state?
Found in eastern Ohio this region has low rounded hills, further south the hills get steeper and rockier
500
What two landforms make up Ohio?
Plains and Plateaus
500
Name the seven continents.
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antartica
500
The mix of soil and rocks left by the glacier is called _____.