Physical Environment

Look at the boxed areas. Which have similar climates?

• Polar

• Temperate

• Tropical

• Equatorial

• I run north and south through the United States.

• I provide opportunities for recreation, especially in the winter.

• I am west of Texas but east of California.

• I am a major landform.

Which United States landform is this list describing?

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Plains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Great Lakes

Mountain is landform, climate or natural resource

This is an image of a local city. What is NOT an example of conservation?

• Planting trees in the neighborhood.

• Creating parks using existing trees and space.

• Creating landfills for trash.

• Houses with smaller yards to save water.

Rivers is landform, climate or natural resource

the average temperature in one location is landform, climate or natural resource

Sunlight is landform, climate or natural resource

What would happen to the forest in this picture if a new house were built in its place?

• More trees would be planted.

• Trees would be cut down.

• The forest would remain the same.

• There would be no change to the forest.

Long-term pattern of weather is landform, climate or natural resource

You are on vacation in the Rocky Mountains, and your grandmother calls you on the telephone.

Which of the following MIGHT you tell her?

• When I look out the window, I see flat land.

• There is sand everywhere. Our cabin is near the sea.

• When I go up higher, I see snow on the ground.

• There are fields everywhere. Crops grow well on the plains.