Alaska
Lesson 1 Vocab
Rocky Mountains
Lesson 2 Vocab
Erosion/Earthquake!
100

What is the capital city of Alaska?

a. Washington

b. Juneau

c. Anchorage

b. Juneau

100

We couldn't find our _______________ on the map, so we got lost.

a. temperature

b. feature

c. location

c. location

100

The Rocky Mountains stretch from Alaska all the way down to ______________.

a. Mexico

b. California

c. New Mexico

c. New Mexico

100

I saw the waves crash into the ______________ and was happy the beach would survive.

a. boats

b. slope

c. sea wall

c. sea wall

100

____________ are the biggest cause of erosion at the beach.

a. Wind

b. Strong wind

c. Waves

c. Waves

200

Alaska has the biggest __________ in all of the United States.

a. animals

b. trees

c. glaciers

c. glaciers

200

The ____________ started to slide after the earthquake.

a. volcano

b. Arctic

c. glacier

c. glacier

200

All the animals in the park are ______________.

a. endangered

b. dangerous

c. protected

c. protected

200

The cookie _______________ as soon as I took a bite!

a. smashed

b. crumbled

c. eroded

b. crumbled

200

What is one way to stop the erosion of beaches? 

Build seawalls of large boulders or rocks.

300

Which 3 animals can you spot in Alaska? (answers must be from the story)

a. Bears

b. Seals

c. Moose

d. Caribou

a. Bears

c. Moose

d. Caribou

300

I finally found my book under all the _________ of clothes on the bed.

a. layers

b. trash

c. books

a. layers

300

What are the three life zones of the park?

Alpine Tundra, Subalpine, Montane

300

The lake is frozen _____________ during the winters.

solid

300

How many feet did the island of Japan move after the March 2011 earthquake?

 

8 feet

400

In one village, the sun doesn't set for more than _____ days!

a. 60

b. 80

c. 100

d. 50

b. 80

400

The _______________ was so nice outside that we decided to have a picnic.

a. soil

b. temperate

c. temperature

c. temperature

400

Why are the krummholtz trees twisted and eerie looking? 

They do not grow straight and tall because of the harsh winds at the top of the mountain.

400

Being _______________ can keep you healthy and strong.

active

400

What is California's fault line called?

The San Andreas fault line.

500

What is the name of the tallest mountain in the United States?

Mt. McKinley

500

The food looked very ____________, but we ate it anyway!

strange

500

No _____________ grow in the Alpine.

a. plants

b. trees

c. flowers

b. trees

500

We rolled down the _____________ hill all the way to the bottom.

steep

500

On the surface, an earthquake is most powerful at the ___________________.

a. tsunami

b. plates

c. epicenter

c. epicenter

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