Chapter 1: Geography Of The United States Flashcards
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A natural feature of Earth’s surface.
Landform
A flat-topped landform with slopes on all sides.
Mesa
A large,flat, raised area of land.
Plateau
A valley with steep rock sides.
Canyon
A plane that is formed is formed by flooding along a river.
Flood Plain
An area defined by its common features.
Region
An area that receives less than ten inches of rain in one year.
Desert
A line that divides one state from another.
Boundary
The condition of the air at a certain place or time.
Weather
The pattern of weather an area has over a long period of time.
Climate
A measurement telling how hot or cold something is.
Temperature
The amount of moisture that falls as rain and snow.
Precipitation
The amount of moisture in the air.
Humidity
The distance above or below sea level.
Elevation
something in the environment that people use.
Natural resource
The way a place uses its resources to produce goods and services.
Economy
Something that people make or grow.
Product
Something that cannot be replaced or would take a long time to form again.
Nonrenewable
To limit the use of something.
Conserve
Something that can be replaced.
Renewable
To change to fit a new set of conditions.
Adapt
The use of scientific knowledge or tools to do work.
Technology
The practice of bringing water to fields, usually by means of ditches and channels.
Irrigation
An underground layer of porous rocks that contain water.
Aquifer
