natural Environments Of North America

Question 0

area at or near the foot of the mountain region

Answer 0

Piedmont

Question 1

Long narrow islands created by the depositing of sand in shallow water

Answer 1

Barrier islands

Question 2

boundary between the Piedmont and the coastal plain

Answer 2

Fall line

Question 3

mountains that stretch from Alabama to south eastern Canada and include the Blue Ridge Catskill and green mountains

Answer 3

appalacian Mountains

Question 4

arc of ancient rocks that covers nearly half of Canada

Answer 4

Canadian Shield

Question 5

lower area of land generally surrounded by mountains

Answer 5

basin

Question 6

place at which the lowest point in North America has found

Answer 6

death Valley

Question 7

tectonically active region along the edges of the Pacific

Answer 7

ring of fire

Question 8

place where magma wells up to the service from Earth’s mantle

Answer 8

hotspot

Question 9

crest of the Rockies that divides North America’s major river systems into the flow eastward and those flowing westward

Answer 9

Continental divide

Question 10

true or false: every climate type except an ice Climate can be found in the United States

Answer 10

true

Question 11

true or false: the north eastern United States and parts of southern and southeastern Canada have a Marine West Coast climate

Answer 11

false, humid

Question 12

true false: the Rockies have a tropical wet and dry climate

Answer 12

false, Highland Continental

Question 13

true false: Hawaii was completely within the tropics

Answer 13

true

Question 14

true or false: permafrost underlies much of far northern North America

Answer 14

true

Question 15

true false: all of the forest along the coast of laying in the southeastern United States have been cut down

Answer 15

A temperate forest biome

Question 16

true or false: redwood trees are found along the coast of northern California

Answer 16

true

Question 17

true false: wildlife along the Pacific coast includes black Bears Eagles hawks and salmon

Answer 17

true

Question 18

true or false: the desert biome stretches across the interior of North America

Answer 18

false, grassland

Question 19

true or false: the land of the tip of southern Florida is swampy and covered with tall grasses

Answer 19

true

Question 20

and both the United States and Canada only about_percent of the population Farms

Answer 20

three

Question 21

fertile_soils are found in the Mississippi Valley in California Central and Imperial Valley’s and in Texass Rio Grande Valley

Answer 21

alluvial

Question 22

countries like Japan and the United States look to Canada for lumber pulpwood and_inexpensive paper is mainly for newspapers

Answer 22

Newsprint

Question 23

The United States major commercial for us are located in the south eastern states and the_

Answer 23

Pacific Northwest

Question 24

there are many rivers have health Canada and the United States become the worlds two largest producers of_

Answer 24

hydroelectricity

Question 25

The grand Banks area near_is one of the world’s most famous fishing areas

Answer 25

Newfoundland

Question 26

The main commercial fish on the Pacific coast is_

Answer 26

salmon

Question 27

The United States has about_percent of the worlds coal reserves is a major coal exporter

Answer 27

25

Question 28

most US_is produced on the golf coast of Texas and Louisiana and in California and Alaska

Answer 28

Oil

Question 29

Arizona has major_deposits

Answer 29

copper