SS Flashcards

1
Q

Continuous states

A

states that border each other

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2
Q

How Many continuous states, and which aren’t contiguous?

A

48, Alaska and Canada

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3
Q

How many climate types

A

11

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4
Q

Great lakes

A

lake hurion, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior

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5
Q

two island groups

A

Hawaiian island, and Alaska’s Aleutian island

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6
Q

Northeast climate

A

humid continental

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7
Q

Coastal plain

A

a low region that lies close to sea level

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8
Q

Appalachian Mountins

A

Mountain ranges and river valleys that go from Maine to Alabama

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9
Q

Highest Appalachian mountain

A

6,584 feet

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10
Q

The Piedmount

A

Region of rolling planes

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11
Q

How were the great lakes created?

A

retreating ice sheets

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12
Q

Tributary

A

A stream or river that flows into another stream or river

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13
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Rocky Mountains

A

a series of mountain ranges separated by high plains and valleys

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14
Q

continental divide

A

Divides the flow of north Americas rivers

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15
Q

basin

A

a region surrounded by higher land (ex: mountains)

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16
Q

The great basin location

A

Utah, and Nevada

17
Q

Highest in North America

A

Mount McKinley/ Denali

18
Q

Southern

A

mild winter warm summers