Where on Earth is California?
Which state does not border California?
a. New Mexico
b. Nevada
c. Oregon
d. Arizona
a. New Mexico
Desert plants and animals have ways of surviving the climate by finding and storing __________.
a. food
b. air
c. water
d. sunshine
c. water
Millions of years ago much of California land was located.
A. on the top of tall mountains
b. under water.
c. on the east coast
d. where it is now.
b. under water
In which part of the U.S. do you find California?
a. east coast
b. great plains
c. south coast
d. west coast
d. west coast
Which region covers most of California?
a. coast
b. mountains
c. central valley
d. desert
b. mountains
Which resource is located mostly in the central valley and Imperial Valley?
a. water
b. farmland
c. forest
d. oil
b. farmland
Which list contains only countries that border the US?
a. Guatemala, Belize, Arizona, and the West Indies
b. Mexico and Canada
c. Mexico, Nevada, and Oregon
d. Canada, Arizona, and New Mexico
b. Mexico and Canada
Over 200 kinds of crops are grown in the _____.
a. coastal region
b. mountain regions
c. central valley
d. dessert region
c. central valley
Why are California 's forests important?
a. they provide wood the people of California need.
b. they provide a home for birds and other animals
c. they are a source of beauty for people to see.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Which state is true of a world map but not a globe?
a. it show the earth's continents.
b. it shows the earth's oceans.
c. is has line drawn on it and names of places written on it.
d. it shows you all of the earth at the same time.
d. it shows all of the earth at the same time
What borders the coastal region to the west?
a. Oregon
b. desert
c. Pacific Ocean
d. Mexico
c. Pacific Ocean
Why must people take care of California's water resources?
a. to make sure there is enough clean water for people to use.
b. to make sure people take a bath or shower each day.
c. to make sure farmers get enough of the water.
d. to make sure the forests don't turn into desert.
a. to make sure there is enough clean water for people to use.
If you were flying over California's Central Valley, you would see__________.
a. mountains
b. farmland and rivers
c. desert
d. forest
b. farmland and rivers
Which set of words best describes California's regions?
a. coast, prairie, mountain, desert
b. lakes, rivers, central valley, mountains
c. coast, mountain, central valley, desert
d. ocean, coast, desert, valley
c. coast, mountains, central valley, desert
What are forests, rich soil, mineral, and water considered?
a. human resources
b. plant resources
c. natural resources
d. mineral resources
c. natural resources