| Land and Regions |
| #1 |
Plains, mountains, and plateaus are all examples of these physical features on the Earth's surface. |
What are landmarks? |
| #2 |
This large landform region extends across most of the interior of the United States and extends from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains. |
What are the Interior Plains? |
| #3 |
A group of connected mountains is called this. |
What is a mountain range? |
| #4 |
An area near the foot of a mountain is called this. |
What is piedmont? |
| #5 |
Places that have normally higher, more tropical temperatures are probably located near this line of latitude. |
What is the equator? |
| Bodies of Water |
| #1 |
This river forms part of the border between the US and Mexico |
What is the Rio Grande? |
| #2 |
The flow of water in a river comes partly from the river's drainage basin. The other source of water in a river is the rivers and streams that flow into it. These rivers and streams that feed into a river are called this. |
What are tributaries? |
| #3 |
If you visit the beach, you might see this, the result of the regular rise and fall of the ocean. |
What is tides? |
| #4 |
One-fifth of all the fresh water on the Earth is found in 5 US lakes, known as this. |
What are the Great Lakes? |
| #5 |
This large river and its tributaries drains most of the land between the Appalachian and the Rocky Mountains. |
What is the Mississippi River? |
| Climate and Vegetation Regions |
| #1 |
The mountainous regions of the western US cause the climate there to change and be different from place to place. Weather and climate that is not constant,but changes is described by this word. |
What is variable? |
| #2 |
Plant life that grows naturally in a place is called this. |
What is natural vegetation? |
| #3 |
The four main vegetation regions in the US are: desert, grassland, tundra, and this region, which covers much of the eastern US where we live, including the Appalachian Mountains. |
What is forest? |
| #4 |
Places located in the rain shadow of a mountain do not receive as much of this weather variable. |
What is precipitation? (Will accept rain or other example of precipitation) |
| #5 |
The amount of moisture in the air is known as this, which can cause you to feel sticky on a hot summer day. |
What is humidity? |
| Using the Land |
| #1 |
A resource that cannot be made again by people or by nature is called this . |
What is nonrenewable? |
| #2 |
Two factors that determine how people use land are climate and this, also the name for physical feature. |
What are landforms? |
| #3 |
A resource that can be made again and again is called this. |
What is renewable? |
| #4 |
True or False: There is an unlimited supply of fresh water in the US. |
What is false? |
| #5 |
One example of how people use land is this. |
What is...(possible answers include to grow crops, to build homes, for recreation, for ranching....) |
| Where People Live and Work |
| #1 |
A large city and its surrounding suburbs are called this. (Hint: Superman lived in a city named for this type of area.) |
What is a metropolitan area? |
| #2 |
Most large cities in the US have been built near major transportation routes or near this important resource needed for humans to survive. |
What is water? |
| #3 |
True or False: Large cities are usually found near the coast, along river or the Great Lakes, or around major transportation areas? |
What is true? |
| #4 |
The use of canals, ditches, or pipes to bring water to dry areas such as farmlands is called this. |
What is irrigation? |
| #5 |
Climate, landforms, sources of water...all of these geographic factors affect where people work and where they do this. |
What is live? |
