Geography Vocab
This vocab term means the study of the earth's surface
What is geography?
This geography theme describes where something is
What is location?
This city is Washington's largest by population
What is Seattle?
We are currently located in this region, characterized by its high rainfall and closeness to several bodies of water
What is the Puget Lowlands?
Washington grows the most of this fruit out of any of the states
What are apples?
Unlike weather, this vocab term means atmospheric conditions over a long period of time, rather than at one moment.
What is climate?
Features and characteristics are part of this theme
What is place?
This body of water is an offshoot of the Pacific Ocean that surround the San Juan Islands
What is Puget Sound?
This peninsula region has both rainforest and marine habitats
What is the Olympic Peninsula?
Washington is known for its sighting of UFOs, which stands for this
What is Unidentified Flying Objects?
The science of mapping is otherwise known as this
What is cartography?
Pollution, the conservation of habitats, and the use of natural resources are all examples of this them
What is human-environment interaction?
This mountain is a volcano that has been dormant for centuries
What is Mt. Rainier?
Like the Cascade region, this region is named for its mountains, though it is much smaller than the Cascades.
What is the Blue Mountains region?
Seattle's football team, the Seahawks, is named after this bird of prey
What is an osprey?
The term geology means the study of this aspect of the earth
What is the earth's physical structure and substance?
Movement includes this term, which means travel by animals, often seasonal, from one part of the world to another
What is migration?
The Cascades stretch from Canada down into these two states.
What are Washington and Oregon?
This region is in the Northeast corner of Washington
What is the Okanogan Highlands?
Twilight, a famous book series about vampires, was set in this Washington city
What is Forks?
This term describing climate means partially dry
What is semiarid?
This kind of region is determined by a shared purpose
What is functional region?
This river forms part of the border between Washington and Idaho
What is the Snake River?
The Columbia Basin is the largest region in Washington, and has this kind of climate
What is semiarid?
This Mariners player has the record for most single season home runs by a catcher
Who is Cal Raleigh?