Landforms / Bodies of Water
These are natural features that make up the Earth's surface
What is landforms?
Biomes are a part of the ______ characteristics of a place
The northern part of North America is mostly this country.
What is Canada
Mexico makes up the largest portion of this narrow land connection between North and South America
What is the land bridge
One of the most important factors for determining climate.
What is the Equator
An area of land that is at least 1,968 ft taller than the land around it.
What are mountains
This biome is the coldest, with very little rain, a sort growing season, and animals like polar bears and arctic hares
What is the tundra
Volcanic Rock, Parrot Fish, and Red Shells make up these.
What are beaches
This line, also called the northern boundary of the tropics, runs through Mexico and helps define its tropical and temperate regions
What is the Tropic of Cancer
The type of climate that is in between very warm and very cold climates.
What is Temperate
A place where there is less then 10 inches of precipitation in a year
What is a desert
This North American biome includes lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams and is home to fish, frogs, and water lilies
What is the freshwater biome
This area is quite rocky with many hilly areas, lakes and rivers.
What is the Canadian Shield
This region of Mexico generally receives more precipitation.
What is Southern Mexico
These large landforms, like the Rockies can block rain clouds and create dry desert regions on one side
What are mountain ranges
This ocean helps the economy through providing a trade route with other countries.
What is the Atlantic Ocean
This type of biome in Mexico and the Caribbean features sandy soils, animals like rabbits and scorpions, and plants adapted to low water.
What is the desert biome
This area is home to the only tropical rainforest in the U.S.
These two deserts in northern Mexico receive as little as 10 inches of rain per yea and are influenced by a rain shadow from the Sierra Madre mountains.
What are the Sonoran Desert and the Chihuahuan Desert
These southern North American countries experience warm winters and hot summers because they are close to the Equator
What are Mexico and Guatemala
These hold about 21% of the earths fresh water and 84% of America's fresh water.
What are the Great Lakes
This biome in North America and Mexico includes grass, shrubs, and some trees, and provides food for animals in warm, dry climates
The highest mountain peak in the Caribbean, reaching about 10,000 ft
What is Pico Duarte
These two major Mexican peninsulas have very different climates. One lies mostly north of the Tropic of Cancer and is covered by the Sonoran Desert, while the other lies in the tropics and experiences heavy summer rainfall.
What are the Baja California Peninsula and the Yucatan Peninsula
In the far northern regions of North America, the ground that stays permanently frozen is called this.
What is permafrost