Vocab
These are gigantic sheets of ice:
What are glaciers?
This is fossil fuels:
What is trapped and pressed plant & animal decay by sedimentary rock layers in the ground?
This is the name of the continental divide in North Dakota:
What is the Northern Divide?
North Dakota lies within this climate zone:
What is the North Temperate Zone?
These are the state flower & state bird of North Dakota:
What is the Wild Prairie Rose & the Western Meadowlark?
What is a landform that separates river systems so that they flow to opposite sides of the continent?
After the Wisconsinan Glacier, this gigantic ancient lake covering North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba, Iowa, & Ontario was formed:
What is Lake Agassiz?
The Turtle Mountains and Prairie Coteau are located in what region of North Dakota:
What is the Drift Prairie?
These were the highest & lowest recorded temperatures ever recorded in ND:
What were 121* F near Steele, & -60*F near Parshall?
ND soil conservation programs embrace field, wildlife, & farmstead windbreaks, which do the following:
What are protect the land from wind erosion & drifting snow, provide food/cover for birds & animals, and protect farmsteads from wind and blowing snow?
This is type of climate features plenty of sunshine, rapid temperature changes, frequent wind, moderate precipitation, & four distinct seasons:
What is a continental climate?
During the Paleozoic Era, sedimentary rock accumulated greatly in Western ND, forming this underground formation:
What is the Williston Basin?
This is the largest natural lake in ND:
What is Devils Lake?
North Dakota's overall climate description comes down to these two words:
What is semi-arid?
Name the three types of soil found in ND and their region that we find them in:
What are loamy soils in the RRV, sandy soils in the DP, & clayey soils in the MP?
This is soil erosion:
What occurs when soil is moved from one location to another by wind, water, and all other natural actions?
These are the names of the four periods of North Dakota history:
What are the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic & Modern eras?
This is an escarpment:
North Dakota has a continental climate, which means:
What is a type of climate features plenty of sunshine, rapid temperature changes, frequent wind, moderate precipitation, & four distinct seasons?
The NDASCD encourage the following four farming practices that help prevent soil erosion:
What are stubble mulching, crop rotation, strip cropping, and summer fallow?
This is a very soft coal that contains a lot of moisture and is commonly found in North Dakota:
What is lignite?
Since glaciers did not touch SW North Dakota, wind & water carved deep valleys, canyons, and cliffs, creating the landscape we know today as:
What are the Badlands?
These are the three major regions of North Dakota:
What are the Red River Valley, Drift Prairie, & Missouri Plateau?
This is the general direction of the movement of air is from west to east:
What are the prevailing westerlies?
An increase of trees ended up in North Dakota by way of this federal policy:
What was the Timber Culture Act?