| Term | Definition |
|---|
| renewable resources | natural resources that can be replaced in a short amount of time |
| nonrenewable resources | natural resources that cannot be replaced or takes millions of years to renew |
| natural gas | a nonrenewable natural resource formed over millions of years when tiny dead organisms are buried in layers of sediment |
| petroleum | oil - - a nonrenewable natural resource formed over millions of years; found in ocean basins |
| solar energy | renewable energy from the sun |
| wind energy | renewable energy from air movement/ turbine (windmill) |
| region | An area with certain characteristics |
| mountains | Landforms that rise over 600 meteres above the land around them |
| plains | flat land with small hills |
| plateaus | land that is higher than the land around it, but has a flat surface on top |
| soil | formed from weathered rocks and decaying plants and animals |
| latitude | imaginary lines that measure North & South of the equator |
| longitude | imaginary lines that measure East & West of the Prime Meridian |
| map grid | a pattern of imaginary lines drawn on a map which help you to locate places |
| map index | alphabetical list of places on a map |
| legend/ key | a list of words, phrases, or colors -- usually within a box in the corner of a map that contains symbols found on map |
| scale | defines the relationship between the distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground |
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