Refers to the water in lakes, ponds, rivers, and the ocean.
What is Surface Water
100
Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions
What are the 5 themes of geography
100
Mississippi River
What is The longest River in the United States
100
one of the early cities that settled along the Mississippi River
What is Natchez
100
80%
What is the percent of the Earth's surface that is water
200
Storms that arise in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and cover hundreds of square miles.
What are hurricanes
200
Humid Subtropical
What is Mississippi's Climate
200
Natchez
What is the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River
200
On April 21, 1927, a levee north of Greenville broke, and about 3 million acres of the Delta flooded. about 250 people died and about 42,000 homes were flooded.
What is the reason the Waterways Experiment Station was opened
200
the process of water vapor in the air turning into liquid water.
What is Condensation
300
Generally occur during the spring and early summer when warm moist air moving northward from the Gulf of Mexico meets colder air coming from the interior of the United States.
What are Tornadoes
300
Tornado Damage scale
What is The Fujita scale
300
To assist in flood control for the Delta
What is the reason reservoirs were built
300
What is the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River
What is Natchez
300
The process of liquid water becoming water vapor
What is evaporation
400
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail
What is precipitation
400
Yazoo River, Big Black River, Bayou Pierre-Coles Creek, Homochitto River all drain into...
What is the Mississippi River
400
80%
What is The earth's percent of Water
400
meander is cut off from the main flow of water and becomes...
What is an oxbow lake
400
one of the first americans to write about the impact humans have on the natural environment
Who is George Perkins Marsh
500
Long term average of weather conditions
What is Climate
500
The water supply for most cities and towns in Mississippi comes from
What is Ground Water
500
Lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere
What are Earth's spheres
500
This carries many products from different parts of the United States
What are barges on the river
500
The most powerful hurricane to ever hit Mississippi