CA location
Regions of CA
Life in CA
Climate and Vegetation
Where Californians live
100
What ocean borders CA?
the Pacific Ocean
100
CA is divided into how many natural regions?
4
100
What region has many small earthquakes each year?
Coastal region
100
What is precipitation?
Water that falls to the Earth's surface as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
100
What is a natural resource?
Something found in nature such as water, soil or minerals
200
CA is in which hemispheres?
Northern and Western
200
What are the four natural regions of CA?
Coastal, Mountain, Central Valley, and Desert
200
What type of activities does the central valley offer?
Boating, swimming and fishing
200
What part of CA has the most rain?
The north west area
200
What is an urban area?
Areas where many people live close to one another, towns or cities.
300
What imaginary line divides the earth into north and south hemispheres?
the equator
300
What are the mountains in the coastal region?
The Coast Ranges
300
Why is the Central Valley able to grow so much food?
They have a long growing season
300
What trees grow the tallest in CA?
The coast redwoods
300
What is a suburb?
A smaller town near a larger city.
400
What imaginary line divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres?
the prime meridian
400
What is California's largest mountain range?
The Sierra Navada
400
What is a service?
An activity that someone does for someone else for pay.
400
What is a rain shadow?
Places on the drier side of a mountain that doesn't get much rain.
400
What is a metropolitan area?
A large city along with the surrounding smaller cities.
500
When you describe CA as south of Oregon and north of Mexico this is using what type of locations?
Relative locations
500
What is CA's Central Valley most know for?
The farming
500
What is an industry?
All the businesses that make one kind of product
500
What is a drought?
Periods, usually years, where the amount of rainfall is much less than normal.
500
What is a rural area?
Where houses are further apart and towns are smaller. It is further to go to stores and schools.
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