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33 Cards in this Set
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Humid subtropical climates, rainy with long, muggy summers and mild winter, is where in the United States?
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Southeast
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Humid subtropical has what natural disaster(s) and wetlands or swamps?
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everglades and hurricanes
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Tropical climate, dry winter and wet summers, is where in the United States?
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Southern Florida and Hawaii
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Desert climate, hot and dry, is where in the United States?
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Southwest
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Name the hottest desert in the US?
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Death Valley
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Mediterranean climate, mild rainy winters and hot dry summers, is where in the US?
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Southwest
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The Mediterranean climate has a ___in it.
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chaparral
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What are the Southern climates?
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Humid Subtropical, Tropical, Desert, and Mediterranean
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What are the Northern climates?
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Humid Continental, Highland, Steppe, and Marine West Coast
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Humid continental, snowy winters and hot summers, is where in the US?
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Great Plains, Prairies, Supercells, Dust Bowl,name of Great Plains during the 1930s, and Steppe
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What climate borders the desert?
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Steppe
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What climate has high mountains and temperature varies with elevation?
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Highland Climate
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What is in a highland climate?
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Timberline and Chinook
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Where is the marine west coast, mild winters and cool summers with abundant rainfall, in the U.S. and Canada?
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Northwest U.S. and Southwest Canada
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What kind of climates are in High-Latitude climates?
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Subarctic, Tundra, and Ice Cap
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Where is the subarctic, very cold winters and short cold summers, at in the U.S. and Canada?
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Most of Alaska and Canada
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what kind of disaster is there in subarctic climates?
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blizzards
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What climate has bitterly cold winters?
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Tundra
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Which place has an ice cap?
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Greenland
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What places rank 1st and 2nd in the production of oil in the U.S.?
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Texas and Alaska
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leads in natural gas
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Texas
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What is the percentage of forest in Canada?
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50%
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What is the percentage of forest in the U.S.?
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30%
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Where are the fisheries in the U.S.?
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the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico
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Where are the fisheries in Canada?
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Grand Banks or Southeast Canada
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Coal has been mined in _______ for more than 100 years.
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British Columbia
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Oil has been mined in _____ for more than 100 years.
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Alberta
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A dry area of low elevation between the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Ranges.
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Great Basin
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An area of rolling hills between the mountains and coastal low lands.
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Piedmont
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The high point that marks where rivers either flow to the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean.
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Continental Divide
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Florida's most well known wetland which shelter a great variety of wild life.
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Everglades
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Mediterranean scrub vegetation who's growth depends on regular burning.
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Chaparrel
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The highest point in North America.
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Mount McKinley
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