Geographical Land Features
Climate
Vocabulary
Natural Resources
National Parks
100
geography of Florida Everglades
What is wetlands
100
The farther south you travel in the SE, the warmer it becomes
What is the climate of the SE
100
Hurricane
What is a huge tropical storm with heavy rain and winds
100
Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay supply products for this industry
What is fishing
100
Two National Parks in the SE
What is Biscayne, Everglades, Mammoth, Great Smoky Mountains
200
Three geographical features of SE
What is Appalachian Mountains, Mississippi River, Plains, Plateaus, Wetlands...
200
Two effects of a hurricane
What is damage: trees, buildings, and flooding
200
Peninsula
What is land taht is almost surrounded by water
200
Clothing, Q-tips and cooking oil are produced from this product
What is cotton
200
Has the world's largest cave system, protects caves, hilly country, Green River Valley
What is Mammoth
300
More than 1/2 of the SE
What is How much of the SE is covered by the Coastal Plain
300
Why SE has a long growing season
What is warmer climate, plenty of sunshine and rain
300
Fertilizer
What is materials added to soil to make it more productive to help crops grow
300
This is mined in the Appalachian Mountains and is burned to make electricity
What is coal
300
Wetland covers more than one million acres, has rare and endangered species
What is the Everglades
400
Boundaries of eastern and southern boarders of SE
What is Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
400
Flood waters deposit silt on land, making more soil fertile for farming
What is the Mississippi River Valley is an important farming region
400
Fall Line
What is a place where rivers drop from higher to lower land, causing waterfalls and rapids to form
400
The nations 4th largest producer of this product is Louisiana
What is oil
400
Only 5% is land, the rest is water
What is Biscayne
500
Two ways wetlands in SE are alike
What is all wetlands are lowlands covered partly by slow moving or still water
500
Farmers in the hottest, wettest areas grow these products
What is grapefruit, sugarcane and oranges
500
Piedmont
What is an area of high land at or near the foot of a mountain
500
Arkansas and Georgia are our nation's largest producer of this product
What is chickens
500
Nation's busiest park, gets it's name from "fog" found in valleys, 800 sq. miles of mountains, which are some of the oldest
What is Great Smoky Mountains