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Physical
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Major Landforms
Climate
Natural Hazards
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The longest river in North America.
What is the Mississippi River.
100
The 48 states in North America are an example of this.
What is contiguous?
100
The region of North America rises in elevation in this direction.
What is from east to west?
100
Most people in the United Sates and Canad live in this climate zone.
What is temperate?
100
This hazard is a windstorm in the form of a funnel-shaped cloud that often touches the ground.
What is a tornado?
200
The lowest point in North America.
What is Death Valley.
200
A connected area of urban communities.
What is a megalopolis?
200
The name of a fertile, hilly area stretching inland from the Northeast.
What is the Piedmont?
200
These two climate zones are found in the norther parts of Alaska and Canada.
What are tundra and subartic?
200
The name of the central United States that sees more tornadoes each year than any other place in the world.
What is Tornado Alley?
300
The highest point in North America.
What is Mount McKinley?
300
Rolling inland grasslands and fertile soil.
What is a prairie?
300
The oldest mountains in North America.
What are the Appalachians?
300
The area from southern Alaska to northern California has this climate year-round.
What is a marine climate?
300
Wind systems that form over the ocean in tropical areas and bring violent storms with heavy rains.
What are hurricanes?
400
The largest lake in North America.
What is Lake Superior?
400
A group of mountain ranges that run side by side.
What is a cordillera?
400
An area that is not farmable but contains many mineral deposits, such as iron ore, copper and nickel.
What is the Canadian Shield?
400
This zone benefits from moisture-bearing winds from the Gulf of Mexico and from the Arctic.
What are the Great Plains?
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Severe winter storms that last several hours and combine high winds with heavy snow.
What are blizzards?
500
The other name of Mt. McKinley.
What is Denali
500
Rivers that are wide and deep enough to allow the passage of ships.
What is navigable?
500
Begins in Alaska and runs south to New Mexico.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
500
This climate is found in two areas of the Unites States. Temperatures are hot in summer and warm in winter with rainfall in the summer.
What is a tropical climate?
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Most earthquakes in the USA take place in this region.
What is the Pacific Coast?