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MS Studies
Ch. 1 Climate & Water Resources
Ch. 2 Landforms & Biota
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5 Themes of Geography
__________ – every place has a specific location on earth.
___________ – every place has physical (natural) and cultural (man-made)
characteristics.
________________________________ – how humans use and interact with the
environment.
_________________ – the ways we are linked with regions, cultures, and people
beyond our immediate environment
__________________ – Regions are defined as areas with similar characteristics
Geographic Terms
____________________ – where a place is compared to other places
________________________ – A place’s precise location on earth.
_____________ – runs E & W but measures N & S of the equator.
________________ – runs N & S but measures E & W of the Prime Meridian.
MS Regions
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MS has 4 major regions
– __________
– __________
– _______________
– _______________
Climate & Weather in MS
MS has a ___________ ________________ climate.
– ____________ are hot and winters are cool.
– State is humid and has ample rainfall
MS climate & rainfall helped create an ______________ state
Avg. Temp. in MS is _____°F
– Highest Ever - ________°F
– Lowest Ever - ________°F
Avg. Precipitation is _____’’ per year
– _____’’ on the Gulf Coast
Storms in MS
T-_______ are frequent and can result in flooding
___________ is a problem in MS
____________ – measured on the Fujita Scale (F1-F5)
_____________ – measured by the Saffir-Simpson Scale (1-5)
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_______________ – low chance, but NW MS does sit near the New __________ Fault
The Earth’s Spheres
1. Atmosphere – The Earth’s _________________________.
2. ____________________ – all of the Earth’s land.
3. Hydrosphere – all of the Earth’s ___________________.
4. _____________________ – all of the Earth’s life.
Water in MS
___________________ – trapped in lakes, ponds, rivers, oceans, etc.
________________ – below the earths surface.
__________________ – when groundwater accumulates & is brought to the surface
through springs or wells.
MS Rivers
• MS River makes up most of MS’s _____________ border. The river is __________
miles long.
• MS River drains the interior of the U.S. between the __________ &
_______________ Mts.
• MS has 9 major river systems
– ___________, Big Black, _____________, & ____________ Pierre-Coles Creek
Rivers drain into the MS
– Noxubee-___________, Pearl, ___________, Pascagoula, & ________-WolfJourdan rivers drain into the south.
MS Reservoirs
• ________________ are used as flood control measure. They capture and hold flood
waters.
• MS has 6 major Reservoirs
1. __________ Lake
4. ________ Lake
2. __________ Lake
5. _________ Lake
3. __________ Lake
6. _______________ Reservoir
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MS Landform Regions
MS is part of the Gulf Coastal Plain
– All lands in MS are fairly low elevation
MS has 10 landform regions
 _________ Hills
6. ________ Hills (Bluff Hills)
 ___________
7. _________ Basin (Delta)
 __________ R_idge
8. __________ Prairie
 ____________
9. _________ Hills (Piney Woods)
 North ________ Hills
10. ________ ____________ Meadows
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Regions
• _____________ Hills
– Rugged ________ area with some good soil and some bad
• Black Prairie
– Part of ____________ Black __________
– One of first settled in MS. Early cotton production
• ___________ Ridge
– Hilly area with some good soil
• __________________
– Not fertile soil
– Some cropland and cattle production
• _________ ____________ Hills
– Has _________, pasture, hayfields, and some croplands
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Regions (Cont.)
_____________ Hills
– _____________ were transported by wind
– Somewhat __________ soil, __________ & pastures. Some cotton
__________ Basin
– Very ___________ soil
– High agriculture. ________, ___________, ___________, wheat, corn
– ___________ ponds
_______________ Prairie
– Flat Area. Pasture land, forest, and cattle
___________ Hills
– ____________ Hills, ____________ Agriculture, Cattle, & pine forests
_____________ Meadows
– Little Agriculture, some pastures and cropland, mixed forest and wetlands
MS Soil
MS has _______________ been an __________________ state.
MS has 4 general soil regions.
1. ____________
2. ___________ Plain (Delta)
3. ____________________
4. ______________________
MS Minerals
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MS has very few minerals
____________ and Natural ___________ in South
__________ & ___________
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Fire Clay
Biota
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__________ describes the ____________ & ______________ of a region
Flora
 MS is ____% forested
 Magnolias, Oak, Hickory, Pine, Gum, Cypress
• Fauna
 MS has ___________, white-tailed deer, _______, raccoons, __________,
foxes
 Freshwater and saltwater fish & migratory birds.
Ecoregions
• _______________ – group of organisms and their environment that function as an
ecological unit in nature
• ______________________ are geographic areas on Earth’s surface where organisms
interact with the environment and function similarly
• MS has 4 major ecoregions
– _______________________
– _______________________
– _______________________
– ________________________
Ecoregions (Cont.)
• ______________________
– Mainly flat plains, barrier islands, marshes, lagoons, swampy lowlands
• ______________________________
– ½ of MS Land. Forest, Pasture, & Crops
• _______________________________
– Forest & Cropland. Portions great for Agriculture
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– Fertile Soil. Large wetland system. Levees control flooding
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