Social Studies Chp 1 VOCABULARY QUIZ

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

• Aquifer
• weather
• region
• reservoir

Anything found in nature that is useful to people.

• precipitation
• reservoir
• natural resource
• renewable resource

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

• renewable resource
• natural resource
• nonrenewable resource
• reservoir

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

• renewable resource
• region
• reservoir
• precipitation

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

• precipitation
• region
• climate
• reservoir

A resource that can be restored or renewed.

• renewable resource
• natural resource
• precipitation
• nonrenewable resource

A natural or artificial lake used to reserve or store water.

• region
• reservoir
• climate
• precipitation

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

• region
• weather
• reservoir
• climate

A period of time with little or no rain.

• drought
• Aquifer
• climate
• region

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

• climate
• region
• Aquifer
• weather