Geography of the Earth - Vocabulary 4

The study of people, places, and the environment

• geography

• culture

• history

• science

Areas of land that rise far above sea level

• rivers

• plains

• lowlands

• mountains and highlands

High lands that are usually flat at the top

• mountains

• plateaus

• plains

Flat lands that are very close to sea level

• plateaus

• plains

• mountains

How hot, cold, wet or dry a place is year after year

• climate

• culture

• geography

• history

Located in a tropical climate where heavy rains fall all year long which allows trees and other plants to grow very quickly

• rain forest

• arctic

• forest

• desert

A hot, dry place with very little rain where few plants grow

• rain forest

• desert

• forest

• glacier

Huge sheets of ice

• mountains

• desert

• glaciers

• plains

Changes to the surface of the Earth caused by wind, water or ice

• erosion

• climate

• culture

Moisture from atmosphere that falls back to the Earth. (rain, sleet, and snow)

• precipitation

• climate

• tornado