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Social Studies TJ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dry | Arid |
| Powerful wind storm with a funnel-shaped cloud that moves quickly over land | Tornado |
| Moisture that falls to the ground in the form of rain, snow, hail or sleet | Precipitation |
| Long period of little or no rainfall | Drought |
| Theory that earth's surface is mad up of plates that are constantly moving | Plate tectonics |
| A portion of water or air that flows continuously in approximately the same path | Current |
| Found in nature that can be replaced | Renewable Resources |
| Wide and deep enough to allow the passage of ships | Navigable |
| Mild weather that is neither too hot or too cold with changing seasons. | Temperate Climate |
| Large urban area formed by several cities | megalopolis |
| A river that flows into another large river | tributary |
| Giant blankets of ice | glacier |
| Area of land covered with water | wetlands |
| the gradual increase of the earth's temperature | global warning |
| heavy snowstorm with very strong winds | blizzard |
| an earth wall that farmer's build to keep water from overflowing onto land | levee |
| Underground water that is close to the earth's surface | water table |
| cyclonic storm with very strong winds and heavy rain | hurricane |
| treeless plain that covers arctic lands in the region where only grass and mosses can grow | tundra |
| a flat rolling land covered with grass | prairie |
| deep valleys with steep sides | canyon |
| a method of supplying dry land with water with series of ditches or pipes | irrigation |
| shortage of available goods and services | scarcity |
| the way people use natural resources to produce goods and services | economy |
| electricity made from flowing waters in rivers | hydroelectric power |