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Chapter 2

Chapter 2. Alabama’s Natural Environment. rim. The edge of something round. p lateau. A large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it. ridge. A long area of high land. environment.

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Chapter 2

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  1. Chapter 2 Alabama’s Natural Environment

  2. rim • The edge of something round

  3. plateau • A large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it

  4. ridge • A long area of high land

  5. environment • All the surrounding things, such as air, land, and water, and conditions that affect living things

  6. bay • A body of water that cuts into a coastline

  7. commerce • trade

  8. rapids • Very fast-flowing water

  9. dam • Walls built to hold back water

  10. textile • cloth industry

  11. reservoir • Human-made lakes

  12. hydroelectric power • Generators in the dams use the poser of the water to produce electricity

  13. natural resource • Something in the environment that people can use

  14. temperate • Type of climate where seasons are neither too hot nor too cold

  15. rural • Country areas

  16. conserve • save

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