Social Studies Chapter 3

Question 1

Geographic tool

Answer 1

A tool that tells where a place is and what it looks like.

Question 2

Continents

Answer 2

Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia

Question 3

Hemisphere

Answer 3

Half of the globe when it is divided into either northern and southern halves or eastern or western halves.

Question 4

Equator

Answer 4

A line that appears halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.

Question 5

Border

Answer 5

A line that Shows a state or a nation ends.

Question 6

Relative location

Answer 6

The location of a place in relation to another place.

Question 7

Absolute location

Answer 7

The exact location of a place.

Question 8

Latitude

Answer 8

Lines that run east and west around a globe.

Question 9

Longitude

Answer 9

Lines that run north to south on the globe.

Question 10

Prime meridian

Answer 10

The meridian of 0 degrees longitude.

Question 11

Physical feature

Answer 11

A feature of a place’s land, water, climate, or plant life.

Question 12

Mountain Range

Answer 12

Is a chain of mountains.

Question 13

Valley

Answer 13

Is a low area that lies between hills or mountains.

Question 14

Plateau

Answer 14

Is a landform with steep sides that rise to a flat top.

Question 15

Landform map

Answer 15

Shows a place’s main physical features.

Question 16

Preserve

Answer 16

To save

Question 17

Natural resource

Answer 17

Is something from nature that people can use.

Question 18

Mineral

Answer 18

A kind of natural resource found in the ground.

Question 19

Renewable

Answer 19

One that can be made again by nature or people.

Question 20

Nonrenewable

Answer 20

Cannot be made by nature or people quickly.

Question 21

Fuel

Answer 21

Is a natural resource that is burned to make heat or energy.

Question 22

Vegetation

Answer 22

The plant that grow in a place.

Question 23

Growing season

Answer 23

The time in which plants can grow.

Question 24

Erosion

Answer 24

The wearing away of Earth’s surface over a period of time.

Question 25

Ecosystem

Answer 25

The plants, animals, land, water, and climate that makes up an area.