Social Studies Unit 3 Vocabulary
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| neighborhood |
a small part of a community where people live |
| map key |
the part of a map that shows what the symbols mean |
| valley |
low land between mountains |
| address |
the numbers and words that tell where a building is |
| mountain |
the highest kind of land |
| lake |
a body of water that has land all around it |
| hill |
land that rises above the land around it |
| plain |
land that is mostly flat |
| river |
a stream of water that flows across the land |
| island |
a piece of land that has water all around it |
| globe |
a model of Earth |
| Earth |
our planet |
| ocean |
a very large body of salty water |
| continent |
one of the seven main land areas on Earth |
| resource |
anything that people can use |
| direction |
the way to go to find something |
| forest |
a very large area of trees |
| farm |
a place where crops are grown and animals are raised for food |
| weather |
what the air outside is like |
| predict |
to say what will happen |
| litter |
to leave trash on the ground |
| pollution |
anything that makes the air, land, or water dirty |
| desert |
a large, dry area of land |
| recycle |
to use things again |
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