Landforms
This mountain range is the tallest in the US
What are the Rocky Mountains?
This ocean borders the East Coast of the US
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This region of the US includes Falls Church, Virginia
What is the Coastal Plains region?
This is type of climate -- found in Hawaii -- is hot, humid, and rainy
What is Tropical?
The condition of the atmosphere in a place at a particular time
What is weather?
This mountain range spans most of the eastern US
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This ocean borders the West Coast of the US
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This region of the US includes the country's tallest mountain range
What is the Rocky Mountain region?
This type of climate is very dry, producing less than 10 inches of rain per year
What is desert?
The usual weather pattern in a place over time
What is the climate?
This desert is the largest in the US
What is the Great Basin?
This river system drains water from over 40% of the land in the US
What is the Mississippi River system?
This region of the US is where most of the nation's wheat and corn crops are grown
What is the Interior Plains region?
This type of climate -- mostly cold with a warm summer -- is found in Alaska
What is Subarctic?
Places near this imaginary line have warm climates
What is the Equator?
This mountain is the tallest of the Rocky Mountains
What is Mount Elbert?
This river is the longest in the US
What is the Missouri River?
This region of the US includes western California, Oregon, and Washington State
What is the Pacific Coast Region?
This type of moist and rainy climate is found in Seattle, Washington
What is Marine?
Places near these "magnetic" regions have a very cold climate
What are the North and South Poles?
This mountain is the tallest of the Appalachian Mountains
This lake is the largest in the US (and has the largest surface area of any freshwater lake in the world)
What is Lake Superior?
This region of the US is between the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Mountains
What is the Intermountain region?
This type of climate -- found in Nebraska -- has both very hot summers and very cold winters
What is Steppe?
Average temperatures go down as this measurement of a place goes up
What is elevation above sea level?