Ch. 8- Midwest Land and Water

a flat-bottomed boat

• barge

• canal

• waterway

a waterway that has been dug across land for ships to go through

• barge

• canal

• lock

is a gated part of a canal

• lock

• waterway

• canal

a system of rivers, lakes, streams through which many ships travel

• waterway

• canal

• lock

regions of dry hills and sharp cliffs formed by crumbling rock

• badlands

• prairie

• wetlands

an area where grasses grow well, but trees are rare

• badlands

• prairie

• wetlands

the wearing away of rock by water and wind

• erosion

• irrigation

• crop rotation

the process of bringing water to the crops from rivers and streams

• erosion

• irrigation

• crop rotation

the planting of crops in different years

• erosion

• irrigation

• crop rotation

Which of the following was created by melting of Ice Age glaciers?

• Great Lakes

• thick sheets of ice

• Earth's climate