5th Grade SS US Regions

The study of Earth and the way people live on it and use it

• geography

• interdependent

A large area that has common features that set it apart from other areas

• region

• landform

A shape on the earth’s surface

• geography

• landform

A group of cities that have grown so close together they seem to form one city

• interdependent

• megalopolis

Depending on each other to meet needs and wants

• temperature

• interdependent

The weather an area has over a number of years

• climate

• weather

The measurement of heat and cold

• region

• temperature

The moisture that falls to Earth as rain or snow

• precipitation

• natural resource

dry

• arid

• humid

wet

• arid

• humid