Vocabulary
A type of hot springs that erupts, shooting hot water into the air.
What is a geyser
Capital of Washington
What is Olympia
the largest system of mountains in the United States
What are the Rocky Mountains
which western state has frigid winter temperatures
What is Alaska
The state that produces the widest variety of fruits, vegetables and nuts
What is California
The elevation of a mountain in which trees cannot grow.
What is the timberline
Capital of Oregon
What is Salem
the three mountain ranges that have volcanoes
What are the Cascade Range, Aleutian Range and the mountains of Hawaii
What are California and Hawaii
What is Idaho
Molten rock beneath the surface of the earth.
What is magma
Capital of California
What is Sacremento
Highest peak in North America at 20,320 feet.
Mount McKinley
Describe the climate of the Great Basin
What is hot, sunny and dry
Fish is a major source of income for these states
What is Hawaii and Alaska
A mountain with an opening through which gas, ash, and lava are forced.
what is a volcano
Capital of Nevada
What is Carson City
mountain range is 350 miles wide and run over 3,000 miles in length.
What are the Rocky Mountains
In what state is the wettest place on Earth located
What is Hawaii.
What is paper.
molten rock that rises and flows on the surface of the earth.
What is lava
Capital of Idaho
What is Boise
The oldest national park in the world
What is Yellowstone National Park
The side of the Cascade Range that receives more rain as a result of the rain shadow
What is the western.
State that is famous for its many types of apples
What is Washington
a cold, flat area where trees cannot grow
What is tundra
Capital of Utah
What is Salt Lake City
An imaginary line where the rivers on the East side flow into the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico and the rivers on the west side flow to the Pacific Ocean
What is the Continental Divide
Characteristics of a tropical climate
What is warm and wet weather
Sugarcane and pineapple are grown here
What is Hawaii
Very cold
What is frigid
Capital of Colorado
One of the most famous geysers and is located in Yellowstone National Park
What is Old Faithful
desert area in southern California
What is Death Valley
how timber companies ensure that their source of trees doesn't run out
What is reforesting
The side of a mountain chain that receives less precipitation than the other side.
What is the rain shadow
Capital of Wyoming
What is Cheyenne
Heats the water in geysers and hot springs
What is magma
streams in this area do not drain into rivers that lead to an ocean. Streams in this area drain into the given area, such as the Great Salt Lake.
What is the Great Basin
Important product of the west region
What are livestock, fish, greenhouse products and minerals
an enclosed structure that allows light to enter and keeps heat and moisture from escaping.
What is a greenhouse
Capital of Montana
What is Helena
Rocky Mountains, Cascade Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Olympic Mountains
What are the mountain ranges located in the western region.
What are Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming.
flowers, plants and bushes grown in the west to be sold in plant and flower shops
animals that are raised on farms and ranches.
What is livestock
Capital of Hawaii
What is Honolulu
This area has few trees and has high peaks that are snow covered year round.
What is the timberline.
Which is colder in January; Sacramento, California or Helena, Montana
What is Helena, Montana
Provide light and heat and also protects plants from harsh climates
What are greenhouses
What is reforest
Capital of Alaska
What is Juneau
types of tourist activities that people enjoy when visiting the west
What are hiking, skiing, mountain climbing, camping, fishing.
This is the wettest place on earth
What is Mount Waialeale.
cattle, sheep, pigs are examples
What are livestock