HMH LANDFORMS SHAPE COMMUNITIES

Poll

Which community types matches the image?

• Suburban

• Urban

• Rural

Open Ended

Give 1 or 2 examples of how suburban, rural, and urban communities are different from one another.

Multiple Select

Choose two reasons from the reading that explains why water is important to major cities like New Orleans, Boston, and Chicago.

• Water makes up most of the Earth, it's unavoidable.

• Early settlers needed water close by for drinking, cooking, and watering crops.

• Hundreds of years ago, cities developing near water has easy access to travel.

• Water isn't necessary, settlers just enjoyed the scenery.

Multiple Choice

From our reading, which of the three climates attract the most people?

• Fairbanks, Alaska with winters at a -4.5 degrees fahrenhiet.

• Fort Lauderdale, Florida with winters at a balmy 74.5 degrees fahrenhiet.

• Tuscon, Arizona with a desert climate and very little rainfall.

Match

Match the following terms with their correct definitions.

• Weather

• Climate

• Landforms

the day-to-day changes in the atmosphere that cause wind, rain, clouds,

the long-term weather patterns in a particular area

features on Earth's surface that include hills, plains, and coasts

• the day-to-day changes in the atmosphere that cause wind, rain, clouds,

• the long-term weather patterns in a particular area

• features on Earth's surface that include hills, plains, and coasts

Match

Match the following landforms to their cities.

• Honolulu, Hawaii

• Denver, Colorado

• Ames, Iowa

coast

mountain

plain

• coast

• mountain

• plain

Open Ended

Wrap-Up

Tell me 1 or 2 facts you learned about in today's lesson.