5th Grade Social Studies- Unit 1

a group or chain of islands clustered together in a

sea or ocean

• bay

• archipelago

• grasslands

an inlet of a body of water (in the sea) that is usually smaller than a gulf

• bay

• tundra

• island

a boundary; especially of a country or state

• bay

• geography

• border

local weather conditions of an area (ex. temperature, precipitation, humidity, sunshine, wind)

• climate

• continent

• tropics

a symbol that shows the direction: north,

south, east,& west

• climate

• compass rose

• continent

a very large body of land

• Western Hemisphere

• continent

• geography

an area with less than 10 inches of rain per year

& a rocky, sandy surface

• desert

• tundra

• tropics

an area where coniferous & deciduous (trees

that lose their leaves and trees like pine trees)

are the most dominant plant

• archipelago

• grasslands

• forrest

description of the natural environment of a place.

It includes physical features (landforms & bodies

of water), weather, & climate, soil, vegetation,

& animal life.

• geography

• climate

• hemisphere

flat or rolling areas of land covered with grasses. If

located in North America, they are called prairies. In

South America they are called pampas.

• grasslands

• gulf

• geography