Washington In The Pacific Northwest

Front 1

Washington's state flower is the _____ _____________.

Back 1

Coast Rhododendron

Front 2

Washington's state bird is the ______ _________ or ____ ______.

Back 2

Willow Goldfinch or Wild Canary

Front 3

Washington's state tree is the _______ _______.

Back 3

Western Hemlock

Front 4

Washington's state fish is _________.

Back 4

Steelhead

Front 5

Washington's state fruit is the _____.

Back 5

Apple

Front 6

Washington's state insect is the _____ ______ _________.

Back 6

Green Darner Dragonfly

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geography

Back 7

The study of the earth and the location and activities of the people, plants, and animals living on it.

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physical features

Back 8

The natural landforms and characteristics of a place.

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human characteristics

Back 9

Land features made by people.

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hinterland

Back 10

Land isolated from other places by distance and access.

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commercial

Back 11

Having to do with selling.

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temperate

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Not extremely hot or cold.

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arid

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Very dry.

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Major landforms are mountains and hills, plateaus (high, wide, flat areas hundreds of miles across), and lowlands that stretch to the ocean.
True or False

Back 14

True

Front 15

______ (wide bowl-shaped areas also called valleys) are surrounded by mountains or plateaus.
True or False

Back 15

Basins

Front 16

Starting at the western coast and moving across the state, the land regions are:

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Coastal Range
Puget Sound Lowlands
Cascade Range
Columbia Plateau
Rocky Mountain

Front 17

The _______ ___ is a huge trading region that includes all the countries that border the Pacific Ocean.

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Pacific Rim

Front 18

The _______ __________ is a region of states (Washington, Oregon, Idaho) that share similar landforms and early pioneer history.

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Pacific Northwest

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The river has its __________ at Columbia Lake, high in British Columbia, Canada.

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headwaters

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confluence

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the flowing together of two or more stream

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tributaries

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smaller streams and rivers that flow into a river

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hydroelectric

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relating to electricity produced by water-powered generators

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mountains

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high rugged land

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valley or basin

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lower land between mountains and plateaus, cities and farms are in the valley

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mouth of river

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where a river opens into a larger body of water

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peninsula

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a piece of land that sticks out into the water and that has water on three sides

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harbor

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a sheltered part of a body of water deep enough for anchoring ships

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bay

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a body of water that curves into the coastline

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plateau

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high wide flat land many miles across

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coastline

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the shape or outline of a coast

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strait

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a narrow passageway of water

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island

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a body of land completely surrounded by water

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continental drift

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the theory that the earth's continents were one land mass and then drifted apart

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deluge

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a heavy rain

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decompose

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to decay or rot

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sedimentary

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rock; rock formed from sand, soil, rocks, and shells

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tectonic

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a branch of geology concerned with the crust of the earth and its folds and faults

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molten

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melted by high heat, as in liquid rock

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dormant

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temporarily inactive

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lahar

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huge mudflow filled of volcanic debris, rock, and water