Geography - Unit 3 Vocab

The shape, form, or nature of a specific physical feature of Earth’s surface (ex: plain, hill, plateau, mountain)

• Airform

• Earthworks

• Landform

• Waterform

A body of water that is a significant accumulation of water on Earth’s surface (ex: ocean, sea, lake, pond, wetland)

• Airform

• Earthworks

• Landform

• Water form

Aspect of the physical environment that people value and use to meet a need for fuel, food, industrial product, or something else of value

• Landform

• Resource

• Biome

• Precipitation

A form of water from the atmosphere; includes rain, snow, sleet, ice pellets dew, frost, and hail

• Precipitation

• Perspiration

• Tropical

• Humid Continental

Very large ecosystem made up of specific plant and animal communities interacting with the physical environment

• Resource

• Landform

• Biome

• Water form

Places with cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers

• Montane

• Desert

• Mediterranean

• Tropical Forest

High altitude grasslands and shrublands found along the slopes of mountains

• Montane

• Mediterranean

• Grassland

• Tundra

Region with high level of precipitation, humidity, and deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves in winter)

• Mediterranean

• Arid

• Temperate

• Grassland

An area within 25 degrees of the Equator; receives direct sunlight all year, constant warm temps and regular rainfall

• Montane

• Mediterranean

• Boreal

• Tropical

Area of vegetation of cone-bearing, needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in northern regions characterized by long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation; aka “Taiga;”

• Tundra

• Boreal

• Grassland

• Montane