Washington's Government
The capital city of Washington
What is Olympia?
The ocean that borders Washington.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This climate is most common in western Washington.
What is West Coast Marine?
Which direction does the wind mainly blow for the Rainshadow Effect?
What is West to East or just East?
This country shares a border with Washington.
What is Canada?
The leader of the state's executive branch
Who is the governor?
This city is the largest in Washington State.
What is Seattle
This climate is known for intense winters in its high elevations.
What is the Highlands?
Which mountain group creates a smaller rainshadow effect?
What are the Olympic Mountains?
This major mountain range runs from Canada, through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
The main role of the Washington State Legislature
What is to make laws?
This mountain range runs down the middle of the state.
What are the Cascade Mountains?
This type of climate is defined by summer temperatures that are frequently over 80 degrees.
What is Semiarid?
As elevation increases, this happens to the temperature, causing snow.
What is decreasing or falling?
This thin line of mountains runs from Oregon down western California.
What is the Coast Range?
The number of state Senators
What is 49?
This narrow waterway runs between the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island.
What is the Strait of Juan de Fuca?
This climate has led to the creation of a temperate rainforest.
What is West Coast Marine?
This mountain range creates such an intense rainshadow effect that it created a different climate.
What are the Cascade Mountains?
This mountain range forms the eastern border of a major valley in California.
What are the Sierra Nevadas?
This court is the last line of appeals, taking fewer than 200 cases per year.
What is the Washington Supreme Court?
This river is the largest in Washington State.
What is the Columbia River?
This climate is caused as a direct result of the elevation of the Cascades blocking rainfall.
What is Semiarid?
The rainshadow effect occurs when this happens.
What is an increased elevation that forces clouds to precipitate so much that there is little to no rain left by the time the clouds pass to the other side of the landform?
This major land feature was not included on your Western States map because Arizona is part of the Southwest Region.
What is the Grand Canyon?