Capitals
Abbreviations
Climate
Land
Water
100

The capital of Iowa

Des Moines

100

Illinois

Il

100

tornado

What is a funnel-shaped, spinning windstorm?

100

prairie

dry, mostly flat grassland with few trees

100

This tributary "runs" through Mississippi.

What is the Missouri River?

200

The capital of Michigan

Lansing

200

Nebraska

NE

200

Blizzard

a snowstorm

200

The bulk of the Midwest is.

What are grasslands known as The Great Plains?

200

Part of a waterway closed off by gates

What is a lock?

300

The capital of Minnesota

St. Paul

300

Minnesota

MN

300

Tornado Alley



What is an area in the Great Plains of the Midwest that has an above average amount of tornadoes?

300

 Major crops in the Midwest

What are wheat, oats, and corn?  

300

Levee

a high river bank that stops the river from overflowing

400

The capital of Nebraska

Lincoln

400

Iowa

IA

400

Climate and soil of the Midwest Central Plains

The Central Plains of the Midwest are wet and fertile.

400

Plants adapt to the climate of the Midwest.

What is cattails grow longer roots?

400

The four Great Lakes the border part of the Midwest

Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Superior

500

South Dakota

Pierre

500

Missouri

MO

500

 Climate and soil of the Midwest Great Plains

The climate is drier and the soil is harder. 



500

 Animals adapt to the climate of the Midwest.


What is...?

1. Birds migrate to warmer climates

2. Some animals like the Bison grow fur

3.Prairie dogs burrow underground


500
  1.  Causes the winters in the Midwest to be very cold?

  2.  Causes the summers in the Midwest to be so hot?



What is because there are no oceans in the Midwestern United States?