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Unit 3 Looking at the Earth
Harcourt Horizons About My Community
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2nd Grade
07/07/2011

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landform
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kind of land with a special shape
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plain
Definition
flat land that stretches as far as the eye can see
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island
Definition
landform with water all around it
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peninsula
Definition

landform that is surrounded by water on only three sides

(Florida is an example)

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mountain
Definition
a very high hill
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valley
Definition
low land between hills or mountains
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river
Definition
stream of water that flows across the land
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lake
Definition
low spot on the land that has filled with water
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gulf
Definition
large body of ocean water that is partly surrounded by land
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continent
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one of the sevenmain land areas on Earth

(Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Austrailia, Europe, North America, South America)

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globe
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a round model of Earth
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cardinal directions
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the four main directions - north, south, east, west
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equator
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imaginary line that divides Earth in half
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compass rose
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gives the cardinal directions on a map
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natural resource
Definition

something found in nature that people can use

(air, water, trees, soil)

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crop
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plant people grow for food or other needs

(wheat, corn, cotton)

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table
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chart used to organize information
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technology
Definition
the use of new inventions in everyday life
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forest
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large area of trees
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fuel
Definition
resource that can be burned for heat and for power to make machines work
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climate
Definition
kind of weather that a place has over time
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tornado
Definition
strong, whirling wind that causes great damage to land and buildings
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blizzard
Definition
heavy snowstorm
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map scale
Definition
helps you find how far one place really is from another
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conservation
Definition
saving resources to make them last longer
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recycle
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when you use something again
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pollution
Definition
when natural resources become dirty
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decisions
Definition
choices that you make each day
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