Ch.5 Sec.1 Flashcards
What are the pacific ranges?
Sierra Nevada, cascade range, coastal range, and Alaska range
How tall is mount McKinley?
20,030 ft. Highest land surface in NA(Alaska range)
How long are the Rockies?
3,000 miles from NM to Canada(links US and Canada)
How deep is the Grand Canyon?
6,000 feet
What is the hottest place in the U.S. With temps of 134 degrees and 212 feet below sea level?
Death Valley(CA)
Where do the Great Plains slope to?
Down to the MS river about 10ft per mile
What is NA’s oldest mountain range and also second longest?
Appalachian mountains(1,500 miles)
Why is Manhattan island important?
It’s important to the U.S. And the world because it’s a major trade center(near Hudson Bay)
How was Hawaii formed?
Emerging volcanic mountain tops from pacific creating 8 major islands and 124 small islands
What is the world’s largest island?
Greenland(territory of Denmark)
What is the continental divide?
Rockies, the point where water flows W to the pacific but E to the MS river
What is the MS river?
River that flows 2,350 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico(drains 1.2 M miles of land -> 31 U.S. States)
What is the U.S. Fall line?
Marks a high point of land(Piedmont)that begins to lower reaching to the Atlantic coast(PH,Baltimore,WA DC) US and Canada
What is the Canadian Shield?
Great Lakes-result of glaciers that carried out the lands
What is Niagara Falls?
Important source of hydro electric power for the U.S. And Canada and also is a boundary
Who is first in oil resources in the U.S.? Second?
Texas;Alaska Texas also is first in natural gas
Where are most of Canada’s oil and natural gas?
Alberta
What is the percentage of Canada’s capacity of potash(fertilizer)?
28%
How do we overcome deforestation?
Plant new trees, protect other habitat locations, set aside national parks/forest
What happened at Great Banks?
Fishing was banned in 1992 after 500 years of it being used for fishing
What are the higher altitudes?
2/3s of Canada and Alaska -> long,cold winters and brief,mild summers
What is Hawaii’s climate?
Tropical
What is the northern climate?
2/3s if Canada averages a temp of 0 degrees in January -> some reach below -70 degrees in winters. Winds from Canada bring cold air to US
What are western climates?
N CA, WA, OR-rains up to 100 inches per year(marine west coast) S CA(Mediterranean)
What are desert climates?
Great salt lake desert, Mojave desert,Chihuahun,Death Valley
What was the Dust Bowl?
The rough drought that happened in the U.S. In the 1930s caused lack of food and giant dust cloud storms. It was caused from poor farming from the farmers.
How many square miles does US and Canada cover?
7 billion(12% of earth not including Hawaii or Alaska)
