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Geography
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100
An area of flat or rolling land covered mostly with wild flowers and grasses.
What is a prairie
100
Prairie, lake, and fertile soil make up this aspect of the Midwest.
What is the geography?
100
What crop is good for growing in the dryer climate and harder soil?
What is wheat?
100
As you move from east to west, the climate becomes......
What is drier?
100
In what state is the Badlands National Park?
South Dakota
200
A funnel shaped spinning wind storm.
What is a tornado.
200
These slowly melted and filled out the carved out areas of lower land.
What is a glacier?
200
Why are the Great Plains called America's Breadbasket?
That area grows wheat which is used to make flour.
200
What kind of weather occurs in the summer?
hot and rainy
200
Where is Isle Royale located?
It is an island in Lake Superior.
300
A long time with little or no rain.
What is Drought?
300
Name the 5 Great Lakes.
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.
300
Name 4 land industries that are in the Midwest.
Logging, ranching, farming, and mining
300
What is the cause of the hot and rainy weather?
The warm, moist air that flows from the north of the Gulf of Mexico.
300
What are 2 characteristics of Wind Cave National Park?
Largest most complex cave system Many wildfires Has prairies and forests
400
A rock that contains one or more minerals.
What is ore?
400
What 2 crops have replaced most of the tall grasses on the prairie?
wheat and corn
400
What do farmers in the Central Plains raise?
What are dairy cows?
400
When are tornadoes the most common in the Midwest?
spring and summer
400
Name at least 2 characteristics of Isle Royale.
longest running wolf, prey research study can't drive to it almost 100% unchanged wilderness least visited in the US
500
Cold winds that pick up moisture from the lakes, and cause snowfall to be heavier in some regions.
What is Lake Effect?
500
What 3 major rivers are found in the Midwest and what is one use of the rivers?
Mississippi River, Missouri River, Illinois River transportation, fishing, recreation
500
What are the 2, top ten oil-producing states in the Midwest?
What are Kansas and Illinois?
500
How are tornadoes formed?
Masses of cold air and warm air meet over the interior plains.
500
Name at least 2 characteristics of the Badlands National Park.
largest, mixed grass prairie ecosystem rich in mammal fossils successful wildlife restoration named because it was very difficult to travel there