The highest point in North America, located in Alaska
What is Mt. McKinley (What is Denali)
100
These were left in the center of North America, huge basins made by glacial movement, eventually filled to become massive lakes
What are the Great Lakes?
100
ocean storms hundreds of miles wide with winds of 74 mph or more
What is a hurricane?
100
the elevation at which trees can no longer grow
What is the timberline?
100
Fuels formed in the Earth from the buried plant and animal remains of a previous geologic time hundreds of millions of years ago: Coal, petroleum(oil), and natural gas.
What are fossil fuels?
200
Some examples of this landform surrounded by water are Hawaii, Greenland, and Newfoundland
What is an island?
200
Smaller rivers and streams that connect to larger rivers.
What are tributaries?
200
A valley in California with the highest recorded North American Temperature
What is Death Valley?
200
violent spring and summer thunderstorms that frequently spawn tornadoes
What is a supercell?
200
fish farming, a new growing economic activity to replace fisheries, that were depleting the fish supply
What is aquaculture?
300
this landform links Canada and the U.S., and stretches 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico
What are the Rocky Mountains?
300
One of the largest rivers in North America, this river starts in Minnesota and runs for 2,357 miles to the Gulf of Mexico
What is the Mississippi River?
300
the two sections of Southern climates
What are warm and wet climates and warm and dry climates?
300
winter storm with winds of more than 35 mph heavy snow and visibility of less than 1,320 feet.
What are blizzards?
300
a vital resource for the U.S. and Canada, is renewable but at the rate we use the products, they won't last long.
What is timber? (What is logging?)
400
North America's oldest mountains and the continents second longest mountain range at 1,500 miles.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
400
the beginning of a river, also known as the source
What is are headwaters?
400
Mediterranean scrub vegetation that depends on regular burning
What is a chaparral?
400
A large island off the coast of Canada, has a frigid climate with bitter winters and cool summers.
What is Newfoundland?
400
Waters where fish and shellfish are easy to catch common in Canada, but these places have recently been overfished.
What are fisheries?
500
A giant core of rock centered on the Hudson and James Bays, anchors the continent; makes up half of Canada and the Northeastern U.S.
What is the Canadian Shield?
500
it marks the place where the higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain. Along it eastern rivers break into rapids and waterfalls
What is the fall line?
500
A swamp in Florida that is home to many endangered species of vegetation and animals.
What are the Florida Everglades?
500
a warm, dry wind that blows down the Rockies melting snow
What is the chinook?
500
This ore can be found plentiful in parts of the Canadian Shield, but can also be found in Minnesota and Michigan.