A | B |
environment | all the physical features (land, water, climate, plant life) AND all the human features (bridges, roads, buildings) |
human features | things that people add to the landscape (buildings, bridges, and roads) |
adapt | be able to change your way of life to fit your environment |
natural disaster | an event in nature that causes great harm |
pictograph | a graph that uses pictures to show the number of items (Always check the key to see what you are counting by!) |
bar graph | a graph that uses colored bars to show amounts |
tunnel | a path that runs under something |
modify | to change |
canal | a waterway dug across the land |
terraces | giant stairs cut into a hillside to allow it to be planted |
irrigation | moving of water to dry lands |
dams | huge structures built to hold back water |
reservoir | a human-made lake used for collecting and storing water |
hydro | means "water" |
pollution | anything that makes a natural resource dirty or unsafe to use |
conservation | the saving of resources to make them last longer |
recycle | to use resources over again |
solution | the answer to a problem |