| A | B |
|---|
| continent | a large body of land |
| urban area | another name for a city |
| barrier | something that separates two places |
| climate | the usual weather of a place over a long time |
| state | a part of a country |
| nation | another word for a country |
| pole | the place on Earth that is the farthest north and south |
| equator | an imaginary line that divides Earth into its northern and southern halves |
| hemisphere | half of the Earth |
| city | a place where many people live and work |
| suburb | a community near a city |
| rural area | a place with more one space, but fewer buildings than a city or suburb |
| landform | one of the shapes of land found on the earth |
| grid | a pattern of lines that form boxes |
| location | a place |
| valley | low land between mountains and hills |
| region | an area that has shared natural and human features that sets it apart from other areas |
| vegetation | all of the plants that grow naturally in an area |
| main idea | the most important thought in a paragraph |
| detail | a small piece of information |
| mineral | something in nature that is not a plant or animal example:limestone, coal, aluminum |
| environment | the natural world around you |
| weather | what the air is like outside at any given time |
| tilt | to lean to one side |
