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Chapter 1 GR 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contiguous | next to each other |
| region | an area in which many features are similar |
| relative location | when the location of one place is compared to another place |
| continent | a large land mass |
| population | the number of people in a place |
| line of latitude (parallels) | lines that run east and west |
| line of longitude (meridians) | lines that run north and south |
| landform region | a region that has similar landforms |
| climate | the kind of weather a place has over a long period of time |
| mountain range | a group of connected mountains |
| erosion | the gradual wearing away of Earth´s surface |
| prairie | an area of flat or rolling land covered mostly by grasses |
| environment | the surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live |
| inlet | any area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water |
| gulf | largest inlets |
| sound | a long inlet that separates offshore islands from the mainland |
| tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger river |
| river system | drains or carries water away from land around it (a river and its tributaries) |
| drainage basin | the land drained by a river system |
| elevation | the height of land in relation to sea level |
| natural vegetation | plant life that grows naturally in a place |
| arid | dry climate |
| tundra | cold, dry region where trees cannot grow |
| natural resource | something found in nature that people can use |
| renewable resource | resources that can be made again by people or nature |
| nonrenewable resource | resources that can not be made again by people, and would take nature 1000s of years to make again |
| modify | change |
| irrigation | the use of canals, ditches or pipes to move eater |
| efficiency | using less energy to do the same tasks |
| decade | 10 years |
| century | 100 years |
| millenium | 1000 years |
| What are the 3 largest countries in North America? | the United States, Canada, and Mexico |
| How would you describe the landform known as the Coastal Plain? | flat low land along the Atlantic Ocean |
| How is the climate of the Northeast different from that of much of the Southwest? | it is colder and wetter |
| 3 major landforms in the United States Capitalize them. | Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Coastal Plains, Interior Plains, Central Valley, Great Basin, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Colorado Plateau |
| List at least 3 major bodies of water in (or around) the United States Capitalize them. | Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Mississippi River, Gulf of Mexico, Great Salt Lake, Great Lakes |
| Which state includes a large part of the Great Basin? | Nevada |
| What bodies of water did people build dams across to form reservoirs? | rivers and streams |
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