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Definitions:• 1. Land drained by a river

system is a drainage basin.• 2. A region that has similar

landforms is a Landform Region.

• 3. The position of one place relative to another place is relative location.

• 4. Something found in nature that people can use are Natural Resources

• 5. The wearing down of Earth’s surfaces is erosion.

• 6. The use of canals, ditches or pipes to move water is irrigation.

• 7. To change is to modify.• 8. Environment is the place

where plants, animals and people live.

Questions

• 9. Dividing land into regions helps talk about the landforms and areas by using landforms regions. Knowing these landforms makes it easier to classify.

• 10. Erosion (glaciers, wind etc.) wore down the tops of the Appalachian Mountains.

• 11. The Great Basin includes Nevada and parts of 5 neighboring states.

• 12. The climate is warmer because the sun shines more directly on the equator.

• 13. People modify rivers to move water to dry areas to meet their needs.

• 14. The change of Earth’s season is the change in Earth’s tilt from the sun.

• 15. The climate of the Southwest is different because it is hotter and drier.

• 16. By digging channels, people improve the movement of goods and people.

• 17. Your own answer.• 18. Your own answer.• 19. Springfield, IL