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Hurricanes
100
What are islands formed by melting glaciers that deposited sediment into shallow areas along South Carolina?
Barrier Islands
100
What is the area around the Appalachian Mountains called?
Appalachia
100
Where are the Everglades located?
Southern Florida
100
Name a NONRENEWABLE resource of the southeast.
Coal
100
What are the months of hurricane season?
June through November
200
What is the area inland from the shore that is very flat and low?
Outer Coastal Plain
200
What is the boundary between the Piedmont and Coastal Plains which is a series of waterfalls?
Fall Line
200
What seasons are in the Everglades?
Wet and Dry
200
What is a crop in the southeast that is a cancer causing substance?
Tobacco
200
True or False: Hurricanes need water to survive.
True
300
What are marshes, bogs, and swamps called?
Wetlands
300
What is a chain of low islands off the southern coast of Florida?
Florida Keys
300
What is the nickname for the Everglades?
River of Grass
300
Name a renewable resource of the southeast.
Trees
300
True or false: You should go in your basement during a hurricane.
False
400
What is an area of rolling hills and vallies which means "foot of the mountain?"
Piedmont
400
How big is the Everglades?
50 miles by 100 miles
400
What is the nickname of the Everglades?
Sea of Grass
400
Name 2 citrus fruits Florida is known for.
Oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes, tangerines, clementines
400
What is it called when people are asked to leave an area when a hurricane is coming?
Evacuation
500
What is the area lightly higher than the Outer Coastal Plain?
Inner Coastal Plain
500
What is the name of a fuel that is formed in the earth from the remains of ancient plants & animals?
Fossil Fuels
500
Why is the Everglades an endangered habitat?
Drainage, pollution, building of homes, loss of habitat for endangered species
500
What is a mixture of ground up wood chips, water and chemicals used to create paper?
Pulp
500
Name a way to stay safe during a hurricane.
Evacuation, boarding of glass, staying in a "safe room"