Land Features
Weather and Geography
Regions
Water Features
Vocabulary
100
Name 1 of the 3 land forms in the state of washington
What is mountains, plateaus, or valleys
100
One change people have made to the land of Washington
What is use forests to build homes, hunted animals for food, dammed water to provide electricity, and built railroads and highways for easier transportation.
100
A region is....
What is a group that shares common characteristics
100
The meaning of the prefix "hydro"
What is water
100
The name for type of land that has access to water, and has valleys, plains, and is highly populated
What is the lowlands
200
The mountain that is in the south of Washington and erupted in the 1980s
What is Mt. St. Helens
200
This influences how people settled and how they use the land
What is geography and spatial patterns of an area
200
One of the places with the most fertile land in all of Washington
What is the Palouse Hills
200
Three types of bodies of water in Washington
What are rivers, lakes, and oceans
200
A flat area, land form, high area
What is plateau
300
Rocks that provide clues about our past and tell us that rainforests and oceans once covered Washington.
What is fossils
300
These types of forces have helped form the landscape of Washington
What is earthquakes, floods, and volcanoes
300
The type of boundary that separates British Columbia from Washington in the North
What is political boundary
300
This is the body of water separating Seattle from Bainbridge Island and Whidbey Island
What is the Puget Sound
300
A geographic feature that stands out and is well-known
What is prominent
400
A prominent building that is well-known in Seattle
What is the space needle
400
This geographical feature influences our climate and weather patterns
What is the Pacific Ocean
400
These states are part of the Pacific Northwest
What is Oregon, Washington, Idaho
400
This part of Washington was under water millions of years ago
What is the Coast of Washington
400
The type of geography that includes parts of Washington that are naturally occurring without any help from humans
What is physical geography
500
This is how the land of the Columbia Plateau was formed
What is repeated volcanic eruptions
500
One of the greenhouse gases that is produced when fossil fuels are burned
What is carbon dioxide
500
The 5 land regions of Washington
What is the Coastal Range, the Puget Sound Lowlands, Cascade Range, Columbia Plateau, and Rocky Mountains
500
These bodies of water form natural boundaries in the west.
What is the Straight of Juan De Fuca and the Pacific Ocean
500
Relating to a large city and its surrounding suburbs and neighborhoods; high population, financial and commercial center
What is metropolitan