landforms
Rainshadow
Weather/Climate
Vegetation/Soil
Potpourri
100
This landform is less than 500' above the surrounding land.
What is a plain?
100
Most of the precipitation in Washington starts in this large body of water.
What is the Pacific Ocean
100
3 kinds of precipitation.
What are rain. hail, snow, and sleet?
100
Western Washington is known for this kind of vegetation.
What are trees?
100
This person may not be able to visit our state and may be deported to Canada.
Who is Justin Beiber?
200
This landform is 500' to 2,000' above the surrounding land.
What is a hill?
200
This city gets a lot of rain due to the rainshadow effect and is home to many vampires.
What is Forks WA?
200
4 things that affect weather.
What temperature, wind, humidity, barometric pressure, cloud cover, precipitation?
200
This type of tree has needles, cones and short roots.
What is a conifer?
200
This word for a season is something Mr. Plumbo did this Winter.
What is fall?
300
This landform is 2,001' or more above the surrounding land.
What is a mountain?
300
This city is in the middle of the rainshadow and gets only 5 inches of rain annually.
What is Yakima?
300
This is the reason for seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis?
300
This type of tree looses its leaves in autumn, has long roots, and a round shape.
What is deciduous?
300
The title of this popular book means to be different.
What is divergent?
400
This landform is raised up, flat on top, and has cliffs on up to three sides.
What is a plateau?
400
This side of the mountains is dry due to the rainshadow effect.
What is the leeward side?
400
Washington receives the most precipitation in this season.
What is winter?
400
This type of soil is carried by water and deposited as topsoil.
What is alluvial soil?
400
The city of Spokane is named after.
What is the Spokane Indians?
500
This land form has the greatest economic effect on Washington State.
What is Puget Sound
500
Spokane gets this amount of rain each year due to the rainshadow effect.
What is approximately 15 inches?
500
The West Coast Marine climate is mild because of this.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
500
This part of Washington has 200 feet of topsoil blown there by wind.
What is the Palouse Hills
500
These people were once considered to be the first people to come to Washington State.
Who are Native Americans?
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