Social Studies Chapter1

an area of land with certain features that make it different from another

• region

• climate

• community

• landform

a place where people live, work, and play

• natural resources

• community

• erosion

• rural

the weather a place has over time

• elevation

• humidity

• climate

• precipitation

the number of people who live in one place

• population

• suburban

• climate

• hemisphere

something found in nature that people use

• climate

• precipitation

• natural resources

• elevation

the physical feature of the land (mountains, valleys)

• elevation

• erosion

• landform

• climate

how high an area is

• elevation

• erosion

• hemisphere

• rural

the wearing away of Earth's surface

• erosion

• urban

• elevation

• region

the measure of how much moisture is in the air

• climate

• humidity

• suburban

• population

water that falls to the ground (rain, snow, sleet, hail)

• precipitation

• climate

• region

• humidity