Section 2: Climate and Vegetation

Question 1

Timberline

Answer 1

The elevation above which trees cannot grow only lichens and and mosses.

Question 2

Chinook

Answer 2

Late winter and early spring, a warm, dry wind.

Question 3

Prairie

Answer 3

Naturally treeless expanses of grasses, spread across the continents midsection.

Question 4

Supercell

Answer 4

Spawn tornadoes, twisting funnel of air whose winds can reach 300 mph.

Question 5

Hurricane

Answer 5

Ocean storms hundreds of miles wide with winds of 74 mph or more can pound the region’s coastlines.

Question 6

blizzard

Answer 6

Heavy or blowing snow, and visibility of Less than 1,320 feet three hours or more.