Regions Terms 2

5. A linear representation of events in the order in which they occurred.
8. Water that flows from the melting of ice, snow and glaciers.
12. Natural home or environment for a plant, animal or organism.
14. Processing raw materials and natural resources into useful products.
15. Leafy type of tree. Loses its leaves for fall/winter.
16. the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
17. Rain, snow, sleet or hail which falls to the ground.
21. The study of the Earth's surface and environment.

1. A biological community of organisms and interconnected elements.
2. An oil-based substance also known as asphalt cement, generally used for paving roads.
3. Descendants of both European and Native American peoples.
4. A subsurface thick layer of the land which remains frozen all year long.
6. Average temperatures and weather phenomena in an area. Measured over a long period of time.
7. A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall/precipitation.
9. Something that is passed on to you by reason of birth.
10. The seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.
11. The growing of more than one type of crop or resource on one piece of land.
13. To prepare and cultivate land for crops.
18. A man-made body of water used to collect the water.
19. Cone-bearing type of needle tree. Does not lose its needles for winter.
20. A warm dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter.