PRACTICE SS Unit 1 Geography Vocabulary

Anything found in nature that is useful to people is a natural resource.

• TRUE
• False

The patterns of weather in a place over a long period of time is weather.

• TRUE
• False

The condition of the air, or Earth's atmosphere, at a particular time and place including temperature, precipitation, and wind is weather.

• TRUE
• False

A natural or artificial lake used to reserve or store water is a region.

• TRUE
• FALSE

A natural resource that is available in limited supply that cannot be replaced or renewed is a nonrenewable resource.

• True
• False

An area with common features that set it apart from other areas.

• region
• landscape
• climate
• location

A period of time with little rain.

• climate
• weather
• drought
• flood

Moisture that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• percipitation
• climate
• weather
• transportation

A resource that can be restored or renewed.

• region
• aquifer
• renewable resource
• nonrenewable resource

A body of permeable rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

• weather
• aquifer
• groundwater
• reservoir