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Climates and Permafrost
Tundra and Mountains
Rivers, Valleys and Plateaus
Lakes, Glaciers and Islands
Oceans and Seas
100
The study of the earth and the living things on it
What is Geography?
100
A crack in the earth's crust from which steam and melted rock erupt
What is a Volcano?
100
The process of producing, laying, and fertilizing eggs, especially in fish
What is Spawning?
100
Land areas with water all around them.
What is an Island?
100
These oceans touch Alaska's coastline
What is the Pacific and Arctic Oceans?
200
The state of the air outdoors at a particular time
What is Weather?
200
The explosion of gases, ash, and molten rock from a volcano
What is Eruption?
200
A broad, flat area of land that is 1,000 or more feet higher than sea level
What is a Plateau?
200
The largest island in Alaska.
What is Kodiak?
200
Land that is surrounded by water on all but one side
What is a Peninsula?
300
Areas where trees and the plants beneath them flourish because of plentiful rain
What is Rainforests?
300
A disguise-often a color or a pattern-that an animal uses to hide from or fool another animal
What is Camouflage?
300
The forest found in the Earth's colder regions
What is the Boreal Forest?
300
The second largest freshwater lank in the United States
What is Lake Iliamna?
300
A large piece of floating ice several feet to a few miles across
What is Ice Floe?
400
A description of overall weather conditions in an area over a period of many years
What is Climate?
400
An animal that hunts other animals for food
What is a Predator?
400
Flat, boggy ground that has thick layers of peat or decayed plants underneath
What is Muskeg?
400
Shallow lakes formed by the melting of ground ice
What is Thaw Lakes?
400
Sea ice that is floating free and may be moved by wind and currents
What is Pack Ice?
500
Ground that is frozen all year long
What is Permafrost?
500
The cold, treeless landscape found in northern regions
What is Tundra?
500
More than 1/3 of all the fresh water in the United States flows in this state's rivers.
What is Alaska?
500
Piles or mounds of stones, sand, and soil left behind by a glacier
What is Moraine?
500
Gently sloping land at the edges of continents that is covered by shallow ocean water
What is the Continental Shelf?