social studies: chapter 2 hosted by mrs. tweedie

Social Studies: Chapter 2

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Landforms Climate and Weather

Natural Resources

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This is the study of Earth’s natural features.

What is geography?

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This describes what a place’sweather is like over a long

period of time.

What is climate?

1,3

Something found in naturethat people use

What are natural resources?

1,4

Land next to a large bodyof water

What is a coast?

2,1

This is the shape ofthe surface of the land.

What are landforms?

2,2

When people learn to becomeuse to the climate in their

communities.

What is adapt?

2,3

Things found in the earth thatare not plants or animals.

(Iron, salt, and coal)

What are minerals?

2,4

Land that has water on threesides

What is a peninsula?

3,1

This is a large area of flat land.

What is a plain?

3,2

A strong spinning wind that looks like a cone.

What is a tornado?

3,3

Something found in naturethat can be replaced.

(Wind, sunlight, water, and trees)

What are renewable resources?

3,4

Land that is completelysurrounded by water.

What is an island?

4,1

This is a large area of flat landthat is raised high above the land.

What is a plateau?

4,2

Rainstorms with high windsand usually thunder and

lightening.

What are hurricanes?

4,3

Things found in nature that arelimited and cannot be replaced.

What are nonrenewable resources?

4,4

The wild animals that livein an area

What is wildlife?

5,1

These are areas with common features that set them apart

from other areas.

What are regions?

5,2

Snowstorms with strong windsand cold temperatures.

What are blizzards?

5,3

The air, the water, the land and all the living things around us.

What is the environment?

5,4

•Make less pollution•Clean up garbage•Make and use safer fishing nets

What are ways to care for our resources?