TCI: Lesson 3 Vocabulary

The change ways of living to fit an environment.

• Adapt

• Natural Resource

• Physical Feature

• Conservation

A structure designed to move water over land.

• Adapt

• Aqueduct

• Climate

• Natural Threat

The weather in a place, measured over time.

• Dam

• Conservation

• Climate

• Aqueduct

The careful use of natural resources.

• Conservation

• Climate

• Dam

• Adapt

A structure that blocks off a river but lets some water through.

• Conservation

• Physical Geography

• Natural Resource

• Dam

A force of nature that shapes Earth.

• Natural hazard

• Natural Region

• Physical Feature

• Natural Resource

A land area with physical features that set it apart from other areas.

• Physical Geography

• Natural Resource

• Natural Region

• Physical Feature

A useful item that comes from nature, such as wood from trees.

• Natural Resource

• Climate

• Physical Feature

• Natural Region

A natural feature of Earth's surface such as a mountain, plain, lake, or river.

• Physical Geography

• Physical Feature

• Dam

• Natural Region

The physical features, climate, and natural resources of a place.

• Natural Hazard

• Conservation

• Physical Geography

• Physical Features