Unit 3-Physical Geography and the Environment

a land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year

• landscape

• wetland

• pollution

• desert

release of harmful materials into the environment

• modify

• landscape

• pollution

• plains

part of a map that compares distance on a map to distance in the real world

• scale

• distance

• physical environment

• grid system

anything that represents something else

• scale

• map

• symbol

• modify

a landform with high elevation

• plains

• wetland

• desert

• mountains

change the environment

• adapt

• modify

• conservation

• landscape

a large area of flat land with few trees

• wetlands

• mountains

• desert

• plains

vertical and horizontal lines that help us find a location on a map

• map

• grid system

• globe

• symbol

to change how we live to suit our physical environment

• symbol

• adapt

• modify

• conservation

the physical surroundings in which we live, work and play

• physical environment

• landscape

• conservation

• distance