Notes for this week's weekly quiz.

Hola Familia,

Here are some tidbits that may help with this week's weekly quiz. In writing, students need to know the following:

• In Social Studies, students need to know the following terms and their definitions.
• Geography- the study of everything on earth’s surface
• Environment- natural surroundings like air, land water, and plants
• Climate- the kind of weather a place usually has from year to year
• Landform- a shape or a type of land on earth’s surface
• Plateaus- like mountains but flat on top 
• Region- an area that has features that make it different from other areas
• Fall line- a place where land suddenly changes from high to low
• —What are three tasks a geographer may do? 
• A geographer makes maps 
• A geographer explores how physical features affect our lives 
• A geographer studies how humans affect the natural environment 
• —What other states are in the same region as Maryland?” 
• Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine 
• In what region is the Chesapeake Bay? 
• —Northeast Region
• How did the Delmarva peninsula get its name?
• The peninsula is a part of three different states. The name is a combination of those states’ names: Del (Delaware), mar (Maryland), va (Virginia)
• What two similar mountain ranges cross Western Maryland and are part of the Appalachian Mountains?
• The Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains
• —What is the highest point in Maryland? How high is it? 
• —Backbone Mountain is the highest point in Maryland. It sits at 3,360 feet or 1,024