Louisiana's Location
Louisiana's Waterways
Louisiana's Natural Regions
Louisiana's Climate
People and the Environment
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Absolute location
What is a specific spot on planet Earth?
100
The water is deep enough for safe travel by boat.
What is the meaning of navigable?
100
Driskill Mountain
What is the highest point in Louisiana?
100
Weather measures the current conditions of the atmosphere, while climate is the average weather of an area over a long period of time.
What is the difference between weather and climate.
100
It led to the protective system that keeps the river from flooding.
What effect did the Great Flood of 1927 have on the people's view of the river?
200
Relative location
What describes where a place is in relation to another place or places?
200
One waterway that is part of a protected water route from the Atlantic ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway?
200
Mississippi Floodplain, the Terraces, the Marshes, the Hills, and the Red River Valley
What are Louisiana's five major natural regions?
200
the Fujita Intensity Scale
What is the scale for measuring the intensity of tornadoes?
200
To prevent flooding and to stop the river from changing course
For what was the Old River Control Structure built?
300
Texas, Florida, or Hawaii
What are the three states south of Louisiana?
300
Most of its water comes from the Mississippi River and the Red River.
From where does the Atchafalaya River get most of its water?
300
The place where the river meets the sea
What is an estuary?
300
the Saffir-Simpson Scale
What is the intensity scale for hurricanes?
300
They allow saltwater to enter the freshwater marshes.
How do canals lead to coastal erosion?
400
31st parallel north and 33rd parallel north
What two lines of latitude make up the border of Louisiana?
400
Toledo Bend
What is the manmade lake that borders Texas and Louisiana?
400
It is an air plant.
What type of plant is Spanish moss?
400
210 to 290 days
How long is the growing season in Louisiana?
400
Islands off the coast that protect the wetlands, estuaries, and bays from the direct impact of ocean waves.
What are barrier islands?
500
Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi
Which three states border Louisiana?
500
Cutoff lakes, raft lakes, and marsh lakes
What are the three types of lakes created by Louisiana's rivers?
500
They hold sulphur, petroleum, and salt.
What do salt domes have inside them?
500
Hurricane season
What occurs from June 1 to November 30?
500
They are a problem because they deprive fish of needed oxygen and clog the state's waterways.
Why are water hyacinths an environmental problem?
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