I live along a large river. In order to stop flooding, we stacked sandbags along the side during the rainy season and created a homemade ________

Along the Thames River in London they've build a ____ to keep the water from coming onto the roads

If it weren't for ____ holding back water, this whole place would be flooded!

What picture shows a dike?

The Netherlands is very close to the sea, so they drain land to create _____ where they can build houses and farms

Using a windmill to pump out the water, it was really easy to create a ____ after we sealed off the area with a dike.

The ________ trees all lost their leaves when the snow came.

In Maine, they have thousands of acres of ____ trees that turn red and yellow right before they fall off the branches.

This is an example of a deciduous tree (2 possible)

This is an example of a coniferous tree (2 possible)

Pine trees never lose their leaves! They are a really good example of _________ trees

Trees like junipers and Douglas Firs grow pinecones as their seeds, which grow more trees eventually. Trees that grow cones like this are usually called _______

In the US, most people work at restaurants, schools, or hospitals. Most people don't work in factories anymore, making us a _________ society

Some cities have successfully managed the transition from an industrial to a __________________economy, meaning their factory regions are getting smaller but their entertainment regions are getting larger.

An example of a post-industrial economy

The Thames River flows through London and into the North Sea, making it a(n) _________

The Rhine River meets the North sea, marking an area where fresh water flows into saltwater. This area is called an

Which is an example of an estuary?

The Gulf Stream is hot water carried from the Caribbean. With help from the ________, they work together to heat up Europe

Europe is at the same latitude as Canada but is nowhere near as cold, partially because of hot air carried by the _______

The Mediterranean Climate is known for having ____ summers and ____ winters

Living in southern France, I love going to the beach in our hot summers, and I never worry about snow during our mild winters. I'm lucky we live in a __________ climate

It rains all year round where I'm from. We have mild winters and mild summers because of how close we are to large bodies of water that carry hot, Caribbean streams