Geography
The Pacific Ocean stretches along the Coastal Region about ______ many miles .
What is 840 miles?
Ocean winds help keep this region’s temperatures mild all year long.
What is the Coastal Region?
These landforms are found along the northern coast of California. (Name at least 1)
What are rocky cliffs and redwood forests?
Resources like fish, kelp, and seaweed can be found here along the coast.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This famous red bridge is in the nothern part of the Coastal Region.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
The Central Valley lies between these two mountain ranges
What are the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Coast Ranges?
This region receives less than 10 inches of rain each year.
What is the Desert Region?
These landforms are found along the southern coast of California. (Name at least 2)
What are sandy beaches, rolling hills, and cliffs?
Strong sunlight and open land make the desert useful for these two types of projects.
What are solar panels and wind turbines? (Solar and wind energy farms)
These are the two National Parks of the Desert Region.
What are Death Valley National Park, and Joshua Tree National Park?
The Desert Region includes these two main deserts.
What are the Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert?
Snowfall in this region’s winter is very important because it provides most of California’s water supply.
What is the Mountain Region?
These two qualities allows Central Valley one of the best farming areas in the world.
What are rich soil and flat lands?
Name at least 3 natural resources related to industry from the Mountain Region
What are gold, copper, zinc, lead, timer, and freshwater.
This is the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states.
What is Mt. Whitney?
The Mountain Region includes this tall range that runs along eastern California.
What is the Sierra Nevada Range?
In the Mountain Region, the temperature gets about 3°F colder every 1,000 feet because of this.
What is higher elevation?
These are the main features of the Mountain Region. (Name all 3)
What are tall peaks, steep slokes, and clear lakes?
Farmers in the Central Valley Grow these three main crops.
What are grapes, almonds, and tomatoes? (dairy, ok)
This park is known for one of the tallest waterfall and ancient giant sequoia trees.
What is Yosemite National Park?
The Central Valley has these two main rivers that flow north and south through it.
What are the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River?
The lack of clouds in this region causes it to lose heat quickly at night, creating large temperature changes.
What is the Desert Region?
The northern part of the Coastal Region has some of the tallest in the world.
What are redwood trees?
These three major industries are found in the Coastal Region.
What are tourism, shipping, and technology.
This is the building in the Central Valley Region where California's government meets.
What is the California State Capitol?