Geography of the United States

Rugged mountains from Alaska almost to Mexico with very high elevations; contains the Continental Divide

• Rocky Mountains
• Appalachian Highlands
• Coastal Range
• Basin and Range

Which physical feature is a broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. and Canada.

• The Great Plains

• The Great Basin

• The Great Lakes

• The Great Valley

What ocean is on the west coast of the United States?

• Pacific
• Indian
• Arctic
• Southern

What ocean is on the east coast of the United States?

• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Indian
• Southern

Which word means the weather over a long period of time?

• landform

• feature

• climate

• population

which state has a desert climate?

• Alabama

• New York

• Washington

• Arizona

A mountain is one type of ____________.

• globe

• landform

• vegetation

• longitude

Which of the following affects where people choose to live?

• climate

• physical features

• vegetation

• all of the above

Weather is ______.

• what air is like outside
• pattern of weather in a place over many years.
• the evaporation of water

What is condensation?

• melting
• the climate of a region
• water vapor in the air that turns back into a liquid