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Overview of California Flashcards

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1
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How many states are larger than California? Which ones are they?

A

Two. Texas and Alaska

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What does endemic mean?

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Found no where else

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3
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How many plants are endemic to California?

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5500

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4
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How high are the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges?

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14,000 feet

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How long (in miles) are the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges?

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400 miles

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What are the physical characteristics of Mono Lake?

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Salty water, tufa towers

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What are the biological characteristics of Mono Lake?

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algae bloom, brine shrimp, alkali flies, birds.

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How were the Tufa Towers in Mono Lake formed?

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When calcium from submerged freshwater spring is combined with carbonates in the lake water.

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What are California’s three deserts?

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Mojave, Colorado and Great Basin

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10
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What is the lowest point in California?

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Badwater Basin in Death Valley

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11
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How many feet below sea level is Badwater Basin?

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282 feet

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What is the highest point in California?

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Sierra Nevada

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13
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How tall is Mt.Whitney?

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14,494 feet

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What got flooded by the Colorado River and for almost two years poured through an irrigation ditch into an ancient seabed?

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The Salton Sea

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What is the water like in The Salton Sea?

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Salty

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What is the largest estuary in the US?

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San Francisco Bay

17
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What was formed by the movement of plates along the San Andreas Fault and flooded when sea levels rose at the end of the last glacial period.

A

San Francisco Bay

18
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What river flows into the San Francisco Bay?

A

The Sacramento River

19
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What is the dominant ocean current that flows along the coast of California?

A

California Current

20
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Which direction does the California Current flow?

A

Southward

21
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What is the temperature like of the California Current?

A

Cool

22
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What affect does the California Current have on the weather of northern California?

A

Cool & wet

23
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Describe the Rainshadow effect?

A

Moist air from the ocean is forced to rise from the mountains making it cool and create clouds. Clouds bring rain and snow. By the time the air reaches the inland side of the mountain the air is drier.

24
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How does the rainshadow affect the climate on the ocean-facing side of a mountain?

A

Makes it cooler and wetter

25
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How does the rainshadow affect have on the inland-facing side?

A

Makes it drier.

26
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Which side of Sierra Nevada mountain is wetter?

A

The western side

27
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Which side of the Sierra nevada is dryer?

A

The eastern side

28
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What are the four major regions of California?

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Coastal, valleys, mountains and deserts

29
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What is California average annual precipitation?

A

21 inches

30
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What is climate?

A

long term temperature and precipitation

31
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what is weather?

A

what’s happening on a particular day

32
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define habitat

A

division of the landscape defined by their plant community

33
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What are native species?

A

Naturally belong in California. Coastal prickly pear

34
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What are endemic species?

A

Found nowhere else but California. Giant sequoia

35
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Which lake is the highest in the continent?

A

Tulainyo Lake

36
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Which province contain 500 peaks?

A

The Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada

37
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A

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