1. What is RELATIVE LOCATION?

2. It describes where one place is in relationship to another place.

3. Where are the APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS?

4. In the East. From Georgia up through New York.

5. Where are the ROCKY MOUNTAINS?

6. In the West. From New Mexico up into Canada.

7. Where are the Coastal Ranges?

8. In the West. On the Pacific Ocean. In California, Oregon & Washington.

9. Where are the Sierra Nevada?

10. In the West. In California & Nevada.

11. What is Climate?

12. The year round description of a places weather, year after year.

13. What is Conservation?

14. The careful use of resources.

15. What is Elevation?

16. The height above sea level.

17. What is Environment?

18. The surrounding in which people, plant and animals live.

19. What is the Equator?

20. The imaginary line that divides the Northern & Southern Hemispheres. It is the 0° line of latitude.

21. What is Industry?

22. All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service.

23. What is a Landform?

24. One of the shapes that make up Earth’s surface, such as mountains, hills, valleys or plains.

25. What is a Nonrenewable Resource?

26. Something that cannot be made again by nature or by people.

27. What is a Renewable Resource?

28. Something that can be made again by nature or by people.

29. What is a Source?

30. The place where a river begins.

31. How would you describe St. Louis relative location to the Mississippi River?

32. St. Louis is to the west of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River goes by the Gateway Arch.

33. Why is Conservation important to you and me?

34. Because we will destroy the environment if we don’t. That will make it harder to live on Earth for everyone.