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Chapter 1 Social Studies SAVAAS
Chapter 1 Social Studies SAVAAS
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1
Which state has a mild or warm winter and a hot summer
Texas
Maine
Alaska
Wisconsin
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What is the difference between weather and climate?
A climate could be snowing and weather can be rain
Weather is measured daily. Climate is weather measured over time.
Climate depends on location and weather can happen anywhere
weather includes precipitation, but climate does not.
3
Why is fertile soil an important natural resource?
So flowers can grow.
Because it produces oil, coal and lumber.
Fertile soil is a natural resource?
It makes farming possible, which makes food.
4
A tropical climate...
has no humidity
is warm or hot all year.
means it is raining all the time
could be hot or cold
5
What is the West region known for?
cotton, cattle, sheep, oil
cattle ranching, copper, silver, and gold mining.
coal, lumber, soil
lumber, fishing, farming
6
What are the 3 steps to the water cycle?
climate, precipitation, temperature
evaporation, sweating, raining
evaporation, colleen sciacca, precipitation
evaporation, condensation, precipitation
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Conserve means to save or protect
True
False
8
What is humidity?
When heavy clouds begin snowing.
The amount of precipitation in the air.
The amount of water in the air.
When water vapor cools and forms drops.
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To irrigate means to bring water to crops using technology
False
True
10
What is a human resource?
Human made things that we use to grow and make other things
Soil, lumber, farming
People and their skills, ideas and hard work
A machine that helps make natural resources into products
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What is a capital resource?
tractor
teacher
hot tub
farming
12
Which is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
animals
soil
water
natural gas
13
Which of these is NOT a landform
sidewalk
hill
mountain range
ocean
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What is a boundary?
A place where you can go swimming
A type of landform
A line that divides one area from another
The separation between landforms
15
The West region has a coast line.
True
False
16
Why is the Ogallala Aquifer so important?
It helps to build new buildings.
It brings water to large land areas for farming
It makes Aquafina brand water.
It makes sure everyone has drinking water.
17
How can technology improve the environment?
Work can get done much more quickly.
Kids can all have iPads.
It takes away jobs so people don't have to work.
Work can be more difficult.
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What do we know about boundaries?
Physical boundaries can be seen
Boundaries often follow natural features
All boundaries must be in a straight line
Boundaries are set based on what people do for a living.
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What is a natural resource?
Something that you can buy in a store.
A product for digging a hole
Something in the environment that people can use.
Your teacher is an example of a natural resource.
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Irrigation is the underground layer of porous rock that holds water.
True
False
21
Which explains the Midwest Region of the United States?
desert, canyons
mountain ranges, snow
grassy plains, forests
rocky soil, rolling hills.
22
Trees are renewable resources.
False
True
