natural Environments Of North America Flashcards
area at or near the foot of the mountain region
Piedmont
Long narrow islands created by the depositing of sand in shallow water
Barrier islands
boundary between the Piedmont and the coastal plain
Fall line
mountains that stretch from Alabama to south eastern Canada and include the Blue Ridge Catskill and green mountains
appalacian Mountains
arc of ancient rocks that covers nearly half of Canada
Canadian Shield
lower area of land generally surrounded by mountains
basin
place at which the lowest point in North America has found
death Valley
tectonically active region along the edges of the Pacific
ring of fire
place where magma wells up to the service from Earth’s mantle
hotspot
crest of the Rockies that divides North America’s major river systems into the flow eastward and those flowing westward
Continental divide
true or false: every climate type except an ice Climate can be found in the United States
true
true or false: the north eastern United States and parts of southern and southeastern Canada have a Marine West Coast climate
false, humid
true false: the Rockies have a tropical wet and dry climate
false, Highland Continental
true false: Hawaii was completely within the tropics
true
true or false: permafrost underlies much of far northern North America
true
true false: all of the forest along the coast of laying in the southeastern United States have been cut down
A temperate forest biome
true or false: redwood trees are found along the coast of northern California
true
true false: wildlife along the Pacific coast includes black Bears Eagles hawks and salmon
true
true or false: the desert biome stretches across the interior of North America
false, grassland
true or false: the land of the tip of southern Florida is swampy and covered with tall grasses
true
and both the United States and Canada only about_percent of the population Farms
three
fertile_soils are found in the Mississippi Valley in California Central and Imperial Valley’s and in Texass Rio Grande Valley
alluvial
countries like Japan and the United States look to Canada for lumber pulpwood and_inexpensive paper is mainly for newspapers
Newsprint
The United States major commercial for us are located in the south eastern states and the_
Pacific Northwest