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SS 5th #1 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Contiguous | Next to one another |
| Region | an area which many features are similar |
| Relative location | the position of one place compared to other places. |
| How are states in a region similar? | Similar kinds of land, jobs, history and culture. |
| Continents | Land masses - there are 7 total |
| Population | Number of people |
| How are United States, Mexico and Canada similar? | They are all part of the same continent, North America. |
| How are the 50 states similar? | They are all part of a region. 48 of them are contiguous. |
| Lines that run east and west: | Lines of Latitude / Parallels |
| Why does our country have regions? | To make it easier to talk about different areas of the country. |
| What are two ways to order the size of a country? | Land area and population |
| Order North America small to large: Land Area | Mexico, US, Canada - Land Area = MUC |
| Order North America small to large: Population | Canada, Mexico, US - Pop - CMU |
| Lines that run north and south: | Lines of Longitude / Meridians |
| Absolute location | Exact Location |
| Landform Region | a region with similar landforms |
| Climate | kind of weather a place has over a long time |
| Mountain range | group of connected mountains |
| Prairie | an area of flat or rolling land covered by mostly grass |
| Erosion | gradual wearing away of the Earth's surface |
| Environment | surroundings in which people, plants and animals live |
| Why is the country divided into landform regions? | It makes it easier to compare and contrast different parts of the country. |
| What makes landform regions in U. S. different? | Shape and the way they came to be |
| Coastal Plain | flat, low land along the Atlantic Ocean |
| What wore down peaks of Appalachian mountains? | glaciers, wind and rain |
| How are mountains different than coastal plains? | They have different elevations. |
| Great Basin | low, bowl-shaped land with higher land all around it. Includes Nevada and parts of 5 neighbor states. |
| How do Rocky Mountains differ from Intermountain Region? | Elevation |
| How is Pacific Coast different than Atlantic Coast? | Pacific has very little flat land. |
| Name 3 ranges in the West | Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Coast Range |
| Name 3 valleys in the West | Central Valley, Puget Sound lowland, Willamette Valley |
| Where are Appalachian Mountains located? | Begin in New Jersey and extend down to Alabama. |
| Inlet | any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water |
| Gulfs | the largest type of inlets. |
| Sound | a long inlet that separates offshore islands |
| Tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river. |
| River System | a river and its tributaries and drains or carries water away |
| Fall Line | a place where the land drops sharply |
| Drainage Basin | land drained by a river system |
| What is difference between a river and a river system? | A river is one river, a river system is multiple rivers. |
| How do rivers east and west of the Continental divide differ? | Rivers east flow into Atlantic Ocean and rivers west flow into Pacific Ocean. |
| What are the largest lakes in the U.S.? | The Great Lakes |
| Which countries do the Great Lakes border? | Unites States and Canada |
| What is the largest river system? | Mississippi River and its triburaries |
| Elevation | the height of the land in relation to sea level |
| Natural Vegetation | plant life that grows naturally in a place |
| Arid | a dry climate |
| Tundra | a cold dry region where trees cannot grow |
| What FOUR main VEGETATION regions cover United States? | Forest, grassland, desert and tundra |
| THREE factors that affect the climate? | Elevation, bodies of water and distance to the equator |
| Land Use | how the land is used |
| Renewable resources | resources that can be made again by people or nature |
| Nonrenewable resources | resources that cannot be made again by people or would take 1000's of years for nature to replace |
| Modify | to change the land |
| Irrigation | the use of canals, ditches or pipes to move water |
| Efficiency | using less energy to do the same tasks |
| Factors that encourage settlement: | Climate, soil, water and landforms |
| How is land used? | Farming, mining, building |
| Natural resource | Something found in nature that people can use |
| Nonrenewable resources EXAMPLES | Ore, minerals, oil and gas |
| Renewable resources EXAMPLES | Light, wind, trees and water |
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bordenbrood
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