Unit 2 Bundle 1 Vocabulary

a place where people establish a community

• scarcity

• weather

• climate

• settlement

When a resource, good, or service is in short supply

• Abundance
• Excess
• Surplus
• Scarcity

Long-term weather patterns in a region over several decades

• Climate
• Weather
• Atmosphere
• Temperature

The conditions of the atmosphere in a specific place at a given time

• Weather
• Atmospheric pressure
• Climate
• Humidity

Materials taken from nature that are used to support life and meet human needs

• Synthetic materials
• Artificial resources
• Processed goods
• Natural resources

Resources that cannot be used up because they regrow or replace themselves on a regular basis

• Non-renewable resources
• Finite resources
• Static resources
• Renewable resources

Resources that will eventually run out because they do not naturally renew themselves at a rate to keep up with consumption

• Renewable resources
• Sustainable resources
• Infinite resources
• Non-renewable resources

Today is going to be mostly sunny with a high of 95 degrees is an example of-

• Weather

• Climate

Canada tends to have very cold winters and short, cool summers is an example of-

• Climate

• Weather

Water is-

• renewable

• non renewable