There are ____ tectonic plates that meet in Middle America.
What is 4
100
What lies east of the Andes?
What is Amazon Basin
200
mineral mined in Jamaica
What is bauxite
200
The ________ Mountains have 4 altitude zones of climate.
What is Andes
200
What is the tropical grasslands that stretch through eastern Colombia and Venezuela?
What is Pampas
300
means "hot land"
What is tierra caliente
300
What altitude zone of climate starts at 6,000 feet?
What is tierra fria
300
Which country is the world's largest exporter of copper?
What is Chile
400
one of the driest places on Earth.
What is Atacama
400
________ is used to produce alcohol and mixed with gasoline to make gasohol.
What is sugarcane
400
What is the purpose of the Panama Canal?
What is allow ships to cross from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
500
Changes in air pressure, temperature, and rainfall in the Pacific Ocean
What is El Nino
500
Waters off of Peru's coast are usually __________ during El Nino.
What is warm
500
What is the Parana?
What is a river that flows into an estuary
500
What are the 3 groups that the islands of the Caribbean Sea are divided in to?
What is Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and Bahamas
500
Describe the 3 groups of Caribbean Islands.
What is Greater Antilles- larges islands; Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica.
Lesser Antilles- curves from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad
Bahamas- an archipelago.