MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
CLIMATE PATTERNS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
IMPORTANT RIVERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
100
This largest North American country is rich in resources such as lumber, nickel, natural gas, fossil fuels, minerals, fishing, and uranium.
What is Canada?
100
This vegetation zone has very little rainfall and is semiarid.
What is desert scrub?
100
Located in the eastern region, this is the second largest mountain system in the United States.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
100
This is a series of weather patterns that an area experiences over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
This is the largest river in the United States and the busiest waterway in the world. Its source (starting point) is in Minnesota. Cargo ships travel on it every day transporting many products including, iron, steel, chemicals, and even space rockets.
What is the Mississippi?
200
The Midwestern and Southern regions in the United States are rich in this type of dark soil that provides nutrients for crops.
What is fertile soil?
200
This large area of flat or rolling land covered with grasses is located in the central region of the United States.
What is the Great Plains?
200
These are Canada’s largest area of lowlands.
What are the Interior Plains?
200
The farther away a region is from this line of latitude, the colder its climate will be.
What is the equator?
200
This is Canada's longest river. It forms in the Rocky Mountains and flows north to the Arctic Ocean, and is an important transportation route.
What is the Mackenzie River?
300
Water is one of the most important resources in this large North American country.
What is the United States?
300
The Great Basin gets very little rainfall because the Sierra Nevada Mountains block rain from falling into the region.
This effect is known as…
What is a rain shadow?
300
Located in the western region, this is North America’s largest mountain range.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
300
Factors such as the ocean, a location’s distance north or south of the equator, and this land feature affect the climate a region receives.
What are mountains?
300
The Rockies form this important boundary which separates rivers flowing to the Pacific Ocean from those flowing to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Continental Divide?
400
Most often used in Canada, this type of power is generated by rapidly moving water.
What is hydroelectric power?
400
These are the four main vegetation zones in the United States and Canada.
What are tundra, grassland, desert scrub, and forest?
400
The Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States meet up with the highlands in this Canadian region.
What is the Laurentian Highlands?
400
Winds blowing across the ocean pick up moisture. When these winds blow over the land, they drop moisture in this form of precipitation.
What is rain or snow? (One or both words are acceptable)
400
Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior make up this group, the world’s largest group of freshwater lakes.
What is the Great Lakes?
500
This area in Canada contains much of its mineral wealth.
What is the Canadian Shield?
500
The Rockies stretch from Southeastern Canada down to the Southeastern United States and consist primarily of these two types of forest trees.
What are coniferous and deciduous trees?
500
This huge region of ancient rock covers about half of Canada. Few people live there because this land is so rugged.
What is the Canadian Shield?
500
A country, such as the U.S., is said to have this type of climate because its northern areas tend to have cold winters and warm summers, while in the south, summers are long and hot.
What is continental climate?
500
This is Canada's second major river. It is one of North America's most important transportation routes, flowing from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It is an important trade route between Canada and the United States.