Relacionar Columnas Our Nation's GeographyVersión en línea Matching review Chapter 1 por Jeannine Gryn 1 The gradual wearing away of the Earth's surface 2 An area of flat or rolling land covered mostly by grasses 3 This is how people change the land to improve movement of goods and people 4 It is where a place is compared to other places 5 This describes states next to each other 6 It is an area in which many features are similar 7 A region that has similar landform features 8 Earth's seven largest landmasses 9 This is the reason why people modified rivers and streams 10 A group of connected mountains 11 This is the relationship between Earth and the sun that causes the seasons 12 The kind of weather a place has over a long time 13 This natural process has worn down the Appalachian Mountains 14 This is how the climate of the Southwest differs from the climate of the Northeast 15 This is the number of people in an area 16 The surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live 17 The number of contiguous states forty-eight environment It is hotter and drier landform region region contiguous mountain range erosion by digging channels continents water was used for drinking and generating electricity prairie population climate erosion relative location the change in the Earth's tilt toward the sun