Map
Name one of the four hemispheres.
What is
Northern
Southern
Eastern
Western
The largest of Earth’s landmasses
What is a Continent?
The largest mammal in North America.
What is the American bison (commonly called the buffalo)?
Regions with very low rainfall. Can be hot or cold.
What is a desert biome?
A large area with a specific climate and particular types of plants, animals, and other living organisms.
What is a biome?
Country located north of the U.S.
What is Canada?
Imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the poles
What is Equator?
Polar bear
What is an animal that lives in the Arctic?
Northern polar region.
What is a tundra biome?
The longest river in the U.S.
What is the Mississippi River?
The two largest countries in North America
What are the U.S. and Mexico?
Cold, treeless plain close to or above the Arctic Circle
What is tundra?
Zebra
What is an animal that lives in the grasslands?
Covers about 70% of Earth’s surface
What is a marine biome?
Name the five Great Lakes.
What are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior?
River that forms the boundary between the US and Mexico
What is the Rio Grande?
Area of an ocean, sea, or lake that that extends into the land; smaller than a gulf
What is Bay?
What is an animal that lives in the marine biome?
Four distinct seasons and trees shed their leaves in the fall to prepare for winter.
What is the deciduous forest biome?
Name the five oceans.
What is Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern?
Plain that spreads across both the US and Canada?
What is the Great Plains?
Stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river
What is tributary?
Camel
What is an animal that lives in the desert biome?
Cold. low precipitation. Consists mainly of conifers.
What is the taiga biome?
Name the seven continents.
What is North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica?