As terms week of 11/13/23 Flashcards
Proprietor
Land owners of the first English colony of NJ
Conservation
The act of protecting and preserving the natural world
Non-renewable resources
Cannot be restored after use
Fossil fuel
Created from once living plants and animals and is found underground
Renewable resource
One that with careful planning can be restored
Erosion
Wearing away soil and land by wind and water. A serious threat to soil.
Mineral
Something that comes from earth usually mined such as iron or zinc
Natural resource
A material found in nature that people can use
Climate
A pattern of weather over a long period of time
Longitude
Lines that run north to south
Latitude
Lines that run across a map or globe running east to west
Global grid
Lines that cross each other
Ecosystem
Community of land forms, plants, people, and animals
Regions
A large area on earth surfaces
Nj
Middle Atlantic region of the US