Landforms
Physical Features
Latitude/Longitude
STUFF
Challenge
100
A body of water that juts into land that is bigger than a sea. Used for fishing and ports.
What is a GULF
100
The largest mountain range in the United States is
What is the ROCKY MOUNTAINS
100
What divides the earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.
What is the PRIME MERIDIAN
100
What is the second largest mountain range in the United States called.
What is APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
100
How long are the Rocky Mountains
What is 3,000 MILES
200
Mostly flat land with some trees covering it. Used to graze animals and farm
What is an PLAIN
200
What is the largest plain in the United States called
What is the GREAT PLAIN
200
What is the correct name for ALL the imaginary lines that run east and west around the globe.
What is LINES OF LATITUDE
200
What are little "veins" or streams that feed into a river to make it bigger and stronger.
What is a TRIBUTARY
200
What is the third largest COUNTRY in the world.
What is the UNITED STATES
300
A low area of land area between two ranges of mountains or hills.
What is a VALLEY
300
What is the largest river in the western part of the United States called. It forms the border between two states.
What is the COLUMBIA RIVER
300
At what degree is the Equator located at.
What is 0 DEGREES
300
What state does the Mississippi River begin or start from?
What is MINNESOTA
300
What is the LARGEST continent in the world.
What is ASIA
400
Where a river empties into a larger body of water like an ocean or a lake
What is a MOUTH
400
List the 4 oceans in order from the SMALLEST to the LARGEST.
What is a the ARCTIC, INDIAN, ATLANTIC, AND PACIFIC
400
Name 2 professions that would use lines of latitude and lines of longitude.
What is PILOTS, SAILORS, GUIDES, ???
400
What percent of the earth IS NOT covered in water.
What is 30%
400
What is the smallest continent in the world.
What is AUSTRALIA
500
An extension of land jutting out into the water that is usually smaller or thinner than a peninsula.
What is a CAPE.
500
What is the tallest peak in the United States called.
What are MOUNT WHITNEY
500
What line of longitude is located at 180 degrees and used for time and date.
What is the INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE
500
What do you call an instrument for finding directions.
What is a COMPASS OR COMPASS ROSE
500
What happens at 0 degrees north and 0 degrees south and 0 degrees west and 0 degrees east?
What is THE PRIME MERIDIAN AND EQUATOR INTERSECT OR CROSS
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