a region of flat or rolling land covered with grasses
What is prairie?
100
water from the Pacific Ocean drops moisture as it reaches the mountains, the air is dry by the time it gets to the other side. It warms up as it returns to lower altitudes
What is Chinook effect?
100
Permafrost is found here
What is tundra?
200
The Appalachian Mountains meet the _________ Highlands
What is Laurentian Highlands
200
Lake Superior, Michigan,Huron,Erie, and Ontario make up this group of freshwater lakes.
What are the Great Lakes?
200
a cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year
What is tundra?
200
Because of this, the wind can tend to warm the land in winter and cool the land in summer.
What is Ocean effect?
200
desert scrub is found here
What is vegetation of tundra?
300
This land form fills many of Canada's valleys among the mountains
What are glaciers
300
This lake is the deepest of the Great Lakes.
What is Lake Superior?
300
a river or stream that flows into a larger river
What is tributary?
300
this causes high winds and flying debris
What is tornado?
300
These native people of Canada make a living by fishing and hunting
What are Eskimos?
400
This territory lies east of Alaska
What is Yukon Territory?
400
This river is important to the trade route between the United States and Canada.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
400
a permanently frozen layer of ground below the top layer of soil
What is permafrost?
400
this climate is found in easterns sections of California and Arizona
What is semiarid or desert?
400
These cover much of the United States and Canada
What coniferous and deciduous forests?
500
In the Southwest area of the UnitedStates is this area below sea level.
What is Death Valley
500
Steamboats used this river in the 1880s to transport supplies to Canadian trading posts.
What is the Mackenzie River?
500
a political division of Canada
What is province?
500
continental climates
What is the climate east of the Great Plains?
500
from Texas to Kansas this area is known for 5-9 tornadoes annually.