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world studies climat
unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Volcano | an opening in the earth, through which gases and lave escape from the earth's interior |
| Strait | a narrow channel connecting two larger bodies of water |
| Island | A body of land surrounded by water |
| Swamp | a lowland region that is saturated by water |
| Flood plain | flat land near the edges of rivers form by mud and silt deposited by floods |
| Delta | a triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of river |
| Marsh | soft, wet, low-lying, grassy land that serves as a transition between water and land |
| Mouth | a place where a river flows into a lake or ocean |
| Harbor | a sheltered area of water deep enough to dock ships |
| Bay/Gulf | part of ocean or lake partially enclosed by land |
| Sea Level | level of the ocean's surface used as reference point to when measuring the height or depth of earth's surface |
| Cape/Peninsula | point of land extending into an ocean or lake, water on 3 sides |
| Butte | A raised, flat area of land with steep cliffs, smaller than a mesa |
| Oasis | a spot of fertile land in a desert, fed by water from wells or underground springs |
| Prairie | a large, level area of grassland with few or no trees |
| Steppe | a wide, treeless grassy plain |
| Mountain | natural elevation of the earth's surface with steep sides and greater height than a hill |
| Mesa | a wide flat topped mountain with steep sides, larger than a butte |
| Valley | low land between hills or mountains |
| Plateau | a broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land |
| Cliff | the steep, almost vertical edge or hill, mountain, or plain |
| Canyon | a narrow, deep valley with steep sides |
| Cataract | step like series of waterfalls |
| Glacier | a large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or over land |
| Theme: Location | Where is it? Absolute and Relative |
| Theme: Place | What is it like? |
| Theme: Region | How are places similar or different? |
| Theme: Movement | How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another? |
| Theme: Human-Environment Interaction | changes people make in their environment both for positive and negative. |
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude |
| Desert | An extremely dry area with little water and few plants, less than 10" of rain |
| humid subtropical climate | a climate generally located on the eastern side of a continent and characterized by hot, sultry summers and cool winters |
| tropical wet climate | - climate with hot temperatures and heavy rainfall year-round, 80" of rain or more |
| Marine West Coast | a climate or climate zone with warm summers, cool winters, and rainfall all year, Western side of continents |
| humid continental climate | Humid climate type that possesses warm-to-cool summers and bitterly cold winters. Found in the interior of continents |
| tundra climate | A climate characterized by long, very cold winters and short, cool summers, less than 15" precipitation , treeless |
| semiarid climate | Hot, dry summers and cool, dry winters, 11-20" of rain per year |
| Icecap climate | the type of climate found in Earth's polar regions, frozen year around |
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