Social Studies Unit 1 Vocab.

One of Earth's great bodies of land is called

• a country

• a continent

• a landform

• a region

_________________ is a natural feature of Earth's surface.

• Continents

• Glaciers

• Equator

• A landform

___________________ occurs when cold air moves over the warmer water of a lake, causing rain and snow to form.

• Precipitation

• Tornados

• Lake effect

• Glaciers

__________________ is the amount of rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls in an area.

• Precipitation

• Glaciers

• Lake effect

• Climate

Giant sheets of ice that about 20,000 years ago covered most of the northern United States are called ____________.

• landforms

• limestone

• moraines

• glaciers

A line of low hills formed by rocks that were pushed up by the glaciers is called _________________.

• a mountain

• a landform

• a moraine

• geography

________________ is the study of Earth and the way that people live on it.

• Geography

• Social studies

• History

• Geology

The pattern of weather in a certain place over many years is called the ______________.

• temperature

• lake effect

• climate

• precipitation

__________________ is an imaginary line that is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.

• Line of longitude

• The equator

• Line of latitude

• The Prime Meridian

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• water

• corn

• soil

• all of the above