Social Studies chapter 1 vocabulary quiz

a place where there is much flat land and rich soil

• agricultural region

• vegetation

• conserve

the height of land above sea level

• adobe

• elevation

• erosion

a kind of plant life

• vegetation

• mine

• weather

to save and protect resources

• conserve

• renewable resources

• weather

the weather a place has over a long period

• climate

• continent

• weather

all the living and nonliving things things that interact in a certain place

• ecosystem

• erosion

• conserve

the washing away of soil and rain, wind, and nearby rivers

• erosion

• vegetation

• agriculture region

the form or shape of part of Earth' surface

• landform

• industrial region

• continent

a place where many kinds of factories are located

• industrial region

• agricultural region

• renewable resource

one of the 7 largest land areas on Earth

• continent

• climate

• SMM