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100
Molten rock beneath Earth's surface
magma
100
A mountain range that stretches more than 3,000 miles, including parts of Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
The Rocky Mountains
100
A desert in southern California with extreme heat.
What is Death Valley?
100
To plant new trees to replace ones that have been cut down.
What is reforest?
100
Material obtained from rocks used to make key computer parts.
What is silicon?
200
The side of the mountain that receives less rain because the clouds passing over have lost moisture.
rain shadow
200
The land along the western boarder of the United States. Name the states it touches.
Pacific Coast. California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska.
200
Area that have moderate climates. The summer is not hot, but warm. The winters are cool, not frozen.
What is the West?
200
The resources of the West region.
What is land, forest and water?
200
The city that the economy grew quickly because of the demand for planes during World War II.
What is Seattle, Washington?
300
A human-made waterway that is dug to hold water.
What is a canal?
300
This park has more than 10,000 hot springs and hundreds of geysers.
Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park
300
The place that receives the most rain (precipitation) in one year.
What is Mt. Waialeale, Hawaii
300
Great for growing vegetables, fruits, and grains, as well as, great for cattle and sheep ranching.
What is a plateau?
300
The biggest part of the West's ecomony.
What is tourism?
400
Trade with other countries.
What is international trade?
400
Water that flows through Oregon and Washington into the Pacific Ocean.
The Columbia River
400
The jackrabbit used these methods to stay cool.
What is large ears? Jack rabbits regulate blood through their ears (release excess heat)
400
The state that has a large supply of coal.
Colorado
400
The city with the busiest port in the West's that exports movies to other countries.
What is Los Angeles?
500
The geographic area made up of countries that border the Pacific Ocean.
What is Pacific Rim?
500
The lake that is different from other bodies in the West because it is a salt water lake and does not flow into another body of water.
What is Utah's Great Salt Lake
500
How do the tall mountains in the Cascade Range affect the amount of rain that falls to the west and the east of the Cascades?
Answers will vary. Check study guide
500
The states that mine silver.
Nevada and Utah
500
What is the purpose of being a "green" city? Describe what people in Portland, Oregon do to make their city "green".
Answers will vary.