PNW GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY

Covington
Middle School

8th Grade
Week One
Introduction

Week Two
Elevation/Mountains

Week Three
Glaciers/Floods

Week Four
Washington Waterways/Regions-Counties

 

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VOCABULARY I

THINK GEOGRAPHY

Online dictionary

  1. basalt

  2. elevation

  3. glacial lobe

  4. era

  5. erosion

  6. region

  7. sedimentation

  8. uplifting (page 8 in text)

  9. *

  10. *

VOCABULARY II

THINK GEOGRAPHY

Online dictionary

  1. alluvial soil

  2. alpine glacier

  3. bedrock

  4. continental glacier

  5. coulee

  6. moraine

  7. loess soil

  8. till

  9. *

  10. *

VOCABULARY III

THINK GEOGRAPHY

Online dictionary

  1. confluence

  2. mouth

  3. leeward

  4. rainshadow

  5. reservoir

  6. seditmentation

  7. tributary

  8. *

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* You pick a word/s to define and correctly use in a sentence related to the focus of the week.