Location
What is Geography?
the study of Earth
A city
What does renewable mean?
a resource that can be replaced
How do we transport goods?
Train, airplanes, ships, trucks
What are landforms?
the shape of Earth's land
What is suburban?
an environment close to a city
What does nonrenewable mean?
can not be replaced
What does transportation mean?
A way to move people and goods.
What is absolute location?
the EXACT spot where something is located
What does the word climate mean?
The weather a place has over a long time
What is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
Oil and coal
What helped to make transportation easier and faster?
Technology
What is relative location?
Tells where something is by comparing it to something else
What is a rural area?
an environment that is made up of small towns and farms
What does conserve mean?
to protect the resources we use
What do we use cars to travel on?
North, East, South, West
How do people change our environment?
Build damns, roads, bridges, tunnels
Turn off the faucet, reuse plastic bags, recycle
What helps us to get from one place to another?
GPS, Road maps