Chapter 1: Geography Of The United States Flashcards
A natural feature of Earths 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 plain that is formed by flooding along a river
Flood plain
A area that defined by its common features
Region
An area that receives less then ten inches of rain in one year
Desert
A line that divides one state from another
Boundary
The condition of the air at the certain place and 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 or snow
Precipitation
The amount of moisture in the air
Humidity
The distance above or bellow 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 will take a long time form again
no renewable
to limit the use of something
conserve
so thing that will 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
a under ground layer of pours rock that contains water
aquifer
