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definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| resources that can be replaced | renewable resource |
| study of the Earth and the way people live on it and use it | geography |
| resources that cannot be replaced if used up | nonrenewable resource |
| depending on each other to meet needs and wants | interdependent |
| weather an area heas over a number of years | climate |
| group of cities that have grown so close together that sem to form one city | megalopolis |
| moisture that falls to Earth as rain or snow | precipitation |
| large area that has common features | regions |
| way a country uses its natural resources, knowledge and money to produce goods and services | economy |
| all the surroundings in which people, animals and plants live | environment |
| using something again | recycling |
| protection and careful use of the planet's natural resoucrces | conservation |
| materials that people use that are found in nature to meet their needs and wants | natural resource |
| measure of hot and cold | temperature |
| stretches from Atlantic Ocean to Great PLains to the Gulf of Mexico | Humid America |
| Lies in the Great Basin of the west and deserts of the southwest | Arid America |
| polluted moisture that falls to the ground | acid rain |
| substance found in the earth that is neither and plant or animal | mineral |
| temperature day to day | weather |