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- 3. Second largest bay in the world that is so far north it often freezes in winter.
- 6. Most of Colorado is considered this climate, which has hot summers, cold winters, and low precipitation
- 11. An area that has common physical or cultureal features.Examples include The Front Range, Pacific Northwest, or “Silicon Valley”
- 13. A region of major tectonic activity that circles the Pacific Ocean; the Pacific mountain ranges and hawaii’s volcanoes are a part of it.
- 15. A form of extreme weather that affects the southeastern and Atlantic regions of the United States and Canada, mostly in the summer and fall.
- 16. A map that gives special information about a geographic location, such as weather, population density, roads, etc.
- 18. California’s agricultural industry is hugely successful, because most of the state is THIS climate, which allows for farming year-round.
- 19. The four major types of this are forest, desert, grassland, and tundra.
- 20. A climate/biome zone found in the far northern regions of Canada and Alaska, made mostly of flat treeless lands that are frozen for much of the year.
- 22. A map that shows landforms, elevation, and other natural features of an area.
- 24. Where plants and animals live, made possible by a combination of conditions in the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere in a location.
- 27. One of the oldest mountain ranges in the world, stretching from northern Alabama to the state of Maine in the eastern part of the United States.
- 29. Any water on (e.g. oceans, rivers) or over (e.g. clouds) the earth’s surface
- 30. A vast area of marshlands and rivers that covers most of the southern regions of Florida.
- 31. Solid rock part of the earth’s crust where the ocean floor and continent land masses are located.
- 32. The study of the distribution and interaction of Earth’s physical and human features.
- 34. Describing the location of a place in relation to other known places
- 35. Exact place on the earth, often described using latitude and longitude.
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- 1. A river that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and is a major shipping route for both American and Canadian goods.
- 2. Much of the Southeastern United States is this climate, with plentiful rainfall, mild winters and warm summers.
- 4. This major river stretches from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, and allows for the transportation of goods each year from middle of the United States.
- 5. How the environment of a location affects how humans live, OR the changes humans make to a surrounding environment.
- 7. A vast grassland that covers the middle regions of the United States and Canada, used heavily for growing grains and raising livestock.
- 8. The spread of people, ideas, and good from one place to another over time, often influenced by geography
- 9. A map that shows man-made features of an area such as borders between countries and states as well as major cities.
- 10. A landform of Canada that was formed from precambrian igneous rock, has thousands of small lakes and is sparsely inhabited:
- 12. Much of the American Southwest is this climate, marked by hot temperatures and little to no precipitation.
- 14. When the Rocky Mountains create a rainshadow over parts of Colorado’s Front Range, it is creating this type of precipitation:
- 17. An external force that shapes the earth, when weathered material is taken away from a location by water, wind, or glacial action.
- 21. The layer of gases surrounding the earth.
- 23. An interdependent community of plants and animals.
- 25. A location with human and physical geographic features that make it unique from other locations.
- 26. Affected by wind and ocean currents, latitude, elevation, and landforms/topography
- 28. A mountain range nicknamed the “Continental Divide” because it affects the drainage destinations of American rivers.
- 33. This climate is similar to tundra and found in the highest elevations of mountain ranges such as the Rockies, Cascades, and Sierra Nevada.