Chapter 2 AL History Vocabulary

If an area is a natural environment it...

• contains things that are part of nature.
• contains skyscrapers.
• contains things made from plastic.
• is empty.

A deciduous tree is....

• a tree with flowers.
• a tree that never loses its leaves in the winter.
• a tree that loses its leaves each year.
• a tree that never has leaves.

A natural resource 

• includes water, wind, trees, and sunlight.
• includes fossil fuels, minerals, and soil.
• is something in the natural environment that people can use.
• is all of the above.

An evergreen tree

• is a tree that keeps its leaves throughout the whole year.
• includes the live oak and longleaf pine.
• includes mostly pine trees.
• includes all of the above.

Weather is 

• only precipitation.
• the condition outside relating to temperature, precipitation, cloudiness, and wind.
• the direction from which the wind blows.
• cloudiness on any given day.

Climate is

• the average weather over a long time.
• the temperature on any given day.
• going up a hill.
• none of the above.

A pioneer was

• someone who farmed.
• an early settler to a new place.
• someone who planted pine trees.
• someone who lived in a city.

Geology is the study of

• the study of especially the history recored in rocks.
• grass.
• the sun.
• all of the above.

A mineral is...

• an ore or other substance found naturally in the earth.
• something found in the earth that is unnatural. 
• plastics and other man-made substances.
• something small.

To evacuate means to...

• leave to visit your family.
• go on vacation.
• leave an area because of danger.
• all of the above.