North America UNIT 2 6th Grade TEKS Vocabulary

This is the North America Unit from 6th Grade TEKS vocab to study.

Aquifer

An underground cavern that contains groundwater

Cenote

Deep natural well

Commercial Agriculture

Production of food (by machinery) primarily for sale

Contiguous

Sharing an edge or boundary; touching

Cordillera

Parallel chains or ranges of mountains

Dam

Man-made structure to control a river's flow

Drought

A long period of dry weather

Export

To send goods to another country

Glacier

A slowly moving mass of ice

Peninsula

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

Rain Shadow Effect

Gains water from coast, wind direction moves into land, mountains block rainfall = desert

Subsistence Farming

Farming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced

Sustainable

The idea that people living today should be able to meet their needs without prohibiting the ability of future generations to do the same.

Temperate

Mild or moderate climate