America's Wild Biomes

Where can you find a temperate rainforest in the United States?

• Temperate rainforests can be found from California all the way up to Alaska on the Pacific Coast.

• Temperate rainforests can be found from Florida all the way up to Main on the Atlantic Coast.

Temperate rainforests are

• a type of woodland with a drastically changing climate and unpredictable rainfall

• a type of woodland with a dry climate and sparse rainfall

• a type of woodland with a mild climate and heavy rainfall.

What types of trees you can find in the temperate rainforest of Washington State.

• Douglas fir

• hemlock

• cedar

• spruce

• All of the above

When a patch of land that has been forced to become a desert because mountain ranges blocked all plant-growing, rainy weather, it is called

• The Rainbow Connection

• The Rainfall Effect

A person who measures the properties of a body of water like a stream's flow and volume, testing for pollutants and other properties, and then analyzing the data is called a

• Hydrologist

• Meteorologist

• Waterologist

An area of land where all the water drains to the same place is called a

• well

• lake

• reservoir

• watershed

Are watersheds important?

• yes

• no

• I don't know

Watersheds do the following

• supply our drinking water

• provide water for agriculture and manufacturing

• provide recreation like boating and swimming

• provide a habitat for plants and animals

• All of the above

Impervious means

• water can pass through the object

• water can NOT pass through the object

How does water move differently in an urban (city) watershed compared to a natural (country) watershed?