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100
What are usually not found on a prairie?
treses
100
What is a waterway dug across land for ships to go through?
canal
100
Name a crop that is grown in the Midwest.
corn, soybeans, wheat, barley, oats
100
Why are there so many fossils found in the Badlands?
dinosaurs
100
How are the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Illinois Waterway alike?
They both link the Great Lakes to a river that flows to an ocean
200
When the glaciers melted, what was created?
The Great Lakes
200
The Illinois Waterway links to the __________________, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
Mississippi River
200
What is something you could find on a prairie?
grass, sheep, cattle
200
What state is know for diary and milk products?
Wisconsin
200
What is a flat bottomed boat that transports goods?
barge
300
What melted when the earth's temperature rose at the end of the Ice Age?
glaciers
300
What connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
St Lawrence Seaway and St Lawrence River
300
What allows farmers to bring water from rivers or from underground to spray over their crops?
irrigation
300
True or False: Illinois is in the Great Plains and South Dakota is in the Central Plains.
false
300
What is one benefit of shipping goods by barge?
costs less
400
Why did the Badlands become cooler and less humid?
Mountain ranges rose and blocked rain that once fell there.
400
What connects Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River?
Illinois Waterway
400
What is the process by which water and wind wears away rock?
erosion
400
What nickname does the Central Plains have and why? Hint-it is related to a vegetable
corn belt; it gets enough rain so that corn grows well there
400
The St. Lawrence River flows to the ______________________.
Atlantic Ocean
500
True or False: There are no mountain ranges in the Midwest.
true
500
The engineers changed the flow of the Chicago River to connect Lake Michigan to the ______________.
Mississippi River
500
What are the three reasons the Midwest is an important agricultural region?
1. the growing season is long 2. summers are warm 3. soil is deep and rich
500
Why were fossils not found long ago in the Badlands?
Rain and wind from erosion uncovered fossils over time
500
True or False: Long ago, the Badlands had dry hills and sharp cliffs.
false