Geographic Tools Vocab

What word means being part of the lower 48 states, not including Alaska and Hawaii?

• climate

• longitude

• continental

• North America

What is the distance of a place north or south of the equator on a map?

• latitude

• longitude

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

What are steep riverbanks or cliffs?

• buttes

• delta

• bluffs

• canals

What are warm-blooded animals that feed their young with milk, have backbones, and are covered with hair?

• endangered

• mammals

• industry

• birds

What is the deposit of rain, hail, snow, sleet, or mist on the Earth?

• obsidian

• irrigation

• reservoir

• precipitation

What is made of material that comes from a volcano called?

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What word means protect from injury or ruin so more can be learned?

• preserves

• plateau

• endangered

• artifacts

What is a type of business that provides certain products or services?

• legend

• inventions

• industry

• current

What is the average condition of weather over a period of years?

• precipitation

• exhibits

• landmarks

• climate

What is a hard, dark, volcanic rock formed by the rapid cooling of lava?

• fossil

• obsidian

• volcano rock

• sediment