Latin America Physical Geography

What is a plateau?

• A large raised area of mostly level land.

• A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

• A flat grassland region.

• A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.

What is an isthmus?

• A large raised area of mostly level land.

• A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

• A flat grassland region.

• A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.

What is a pampas?

• A large raised area of mostly level land.

• A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

• A flat grassland region.

• A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.

What is a rain forest?

• A large raised area of mostly level land.

• A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

• A flat grassland region.

• A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.

What is a tributary?

• A strip of land with water on both sides that joins two larger bodies of land.

• A long river in northern South America?

• A river or stream that flows into a larger river.

• A dense evergreen forest that has abundant rainfall year-round.

What is El Niño?

• A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

• A warming of the ocean water along the eastern coast of South America.

• A cooling of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

• A cooling of the ocean water along the eastern coast of South America.

What is La Niño?

• A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

• A warming of the ocean water along the eastern coast of South America.

• A cooling of the ocean water along the eastern coast of South America.

• A cooling of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

What is elevation?

• A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

• The height of land above sea level.

• The ways that goods and services are produced and made available to people

• Things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs.

What are natural resources?

• A warming of the ocean water along the western coast of South America.

• The height of land above sea level.

• The ways that goods and services are produced and made available to people

• Things found in nature that people can use to meet their needs.

What is hydroelectricity?

• Electric power produced by rushing water.

• A country's economy based largely on one resources or crop.

• The ways that goods and services are produced and made available to people

• To add variety