Landforms
Swamps, bogs, and marshes are examples of these.
What are wetlands?
Beaches, wetlands, and mountains.
What are landforms found in the Southeast?
This word best describes the climates of the states in the coastal plains.
What is warm?
Moose, bears, and alligators.
What are some of the wild animals in the Southeast?
The area of the Southeast with the highest elevation.
What is the Appalachian Mountain Range?
An area that is very flat, has a very low elevation, and has different kinds of wetlands.
What is the Outer Coastal Plain?
This area's elevation is slightly higher than the elevation of the Outer Coastal Plain.
What is the Inner Coastal Plain?
Strong winds that move along a circular path with heavy rains.
What is a hurricane?
Soybeans, peanuts, and oranges.
What are major crops in the Southeast?
This area is known for its rich natural resources, including coal and dense forests.
What is Appalachia?
The name of this Southeastern area means "foot of the mountain."
What is the Piedmont?
This marks the boundary between the Piedmont and the coastal plains.
What is the fall line?
June through the beginning of November.
What is hurricane season?
Many Southeastern power plants burn this to run their generators.
What is coal?
A kind of animal or plant that is thought to be in danger of becoming extinct.
What is an endangered species?
These two ranges are part of the larger Appalachian Mountains in the Southeast.
What are the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains?
Most of the states of the Southeast lie along the coasts of these two bodies of water.
What are the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico?
These helped sailors avoid rocky coastlines.
What are lighthouses?
Paper, boards, and furniture.
What are products of the Southeast logging industry?
A chain of small islands off the coast of Florida.
What are the Florida Keys?
Sediment was deposited by ocean waves, currents, and rivers into shallow areas off the coast to form these.
What are barrier islands?
A huge area of wetlands in southern Florida that is home to about 600 different kinds of birds and other animals.
What is Everglades National Park?
Lighthouses are no longer essential along the Southeast coast because of this.
What is modern technology that helps sailors find their way?
These two Southeastern states are major producers of rice.
What are Louisiana and Arkansas?
A combination of ground-up wood chips, water, and chemicals used in the production of paper.
What is pulp?