1. A Rich Diversity in Climate and Resources:
Chapter 3 Section 2:

2. I. Vocabulary

3. Weather: Precipitation: Climate: Vegetation: Economy:
the state of the atmosphere near Earth
Precipitation:
Moisture, like rain or snow
Climate:
Typical weather in a region over a long time
Vegetation:
Plants, like trees, shrubs and grasses
Economy:
The way business owners use resources to provide goods and services people want

4. MAP PAGE 77!
II. Vegetation Zones:

5. 1) Polar and Tundra: Location: Northern Canada and Alaska
Climate: Cool summers and cold winters
Precipitation: 4 to 20 inches a year
Most of the ground is frozen all year long.

6. Polar Bears
Tundra
Arctic Wolf

7. 2) Forest:
Location: Most of Canada, the northwest, northeast and southeast USA
Climate: mild to cold
Precipitation: 10 to 80 inches

8. Broadleaf Forest
Conifer (Evergreen) Forest

9. 3) Rain Forest: Location: Along the Pacific Coast
Climate: Mild, even in the winter it’s usually not below 0 C.
Precipitation: As much as 167 inches a year
Vegetation:
Trees can be 300 feet tall
Bushes, small trees, lots of plants
Moss and lichen

10. Moss:
Lichen:

11. 300 Foot Trees:

12. 4) Grassland: Location: Center of North America
Climate: warm summers and cool winters
Precipitation: 15 to 30 inches a year
People grow grain and raise cattle here

13. Grain:
Cattle:

14. 5) Desert: Location: Southwest USA Climate: Hot and dry
Precipitation: less than 10 inches a year
Vegetation:
some bushes, shrubs and small trees (cacti)

15. Cacti:
Shrubs

16. What is Vegetation? What is a climate? What is precipitation?
Quiz Time!
What is Vegetation?
What is a climate?
What is precipitation?
What is weather?

17. Homework!
Vegetation Zone Maps!
Use your textbook Page 77 to help you

18. 3) What is precipitation? 4) What is weather?
Name: Date:
1) What is Vegetation?
2) What is climate?
3) What is precipitation?
4) What is weather?

19. Turn in homework!!!!!

20. Vocabulary
Vegetation Zones
III. Natural Wealth:

21. 1) Land Resources:
Farmlands of the central USA and Canada have rich soil.
Western Canada, northwest, northeast and southeastern USA have many forests.

22. 2) Power Resources: B) Power:
Oil in Alberta, Canada; Texas, California, Oklahoma, Alaska, and the Gulf of Mexico
Coal in western Canada and the Appalachian Mountains and in Illinois, Indiana and Wyoming

23. 3) Water Resources: People settled by rivers:
Helps farming
Raising cattle
Business grow near rivers:
Transport materials
Fishing
Hydroelectric Power
Recreation (fun activities)

24. Hydroelectric Power:

25. Recreation:

26. 4) Neighbors and Leaders:
200 million people cross the USA-Canada border every year
$1,000,000,000 are traded every DAY!!
They cooperate on many issues:
National security
Protecting the environment
Both have strong economies and are leaders in the World.

27. USA-Canada Border:
USA
Canada

28. Homework Assignment:
Chapter 3 Section 2: #2, 3a,3b,3c