Most of Canada and AK do not have which of the following climates?

tropical: hot all year with rainy and dry seasons

What vegetation is across the central part of the United States?

a wide band of temperate grassland

What oceans surround the landmass of Canada and the United States?

Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans.

Which vegetation zone grows throughout the deserts and canyons of the Southwest of the US?

Desert scrub: small trees/bushes/plants used to dry climate

Which vegetation zone covers the majority of Canada and AK that is not tundra?

coniferous forests: mainly evergreen trees w/ needles/cones

Describe humid continental climates

Freezing cold and summers are hot and steamy

Which of the following statements is false about the climate of the continental US?

The southern part of the US is usually cold/rainy all year.

What does the term shield mean?

large core of old rock that lies at the base of a continent

Which vegetation zone spreads across the far northern islands and coast of Canada & much of AK?

tundra: treeless with grass and moss adapted to cold climate

Which vegetation zone are the Florida Everglades and along the Gulf Coast?

tropical grasslands: grasses/trees used to tropical wet/dry

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TCI Canada/US Phy Geo Mapping Lab Review

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A quiz bases off of the reading from the Mapping Lab: Canada and the United States.

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1
What mtn. range juts up into jagged, snowcapped peaks reaching all the way from AK to NM?
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Appalachian Mountains
Cascade Mountains
2
Most of Canada and AK do not have which of the following climates?
tundra: very cold winters and summers, and little rain/snow
tropical: hot all year with rainy and dry seasons
subarctic: cold, snowy winters and cool, rainy summers
3
What vegetation is across the central part of the United States?
a wide band of temperate grassland
chaparral
tropical grassland
desert scrub
4
The northern parts of Canada and the U.S. consist mainly of which combination of climate zones?
Tundra and subarctic
Arid and semiarid
Ice cap and tundra
Humid continental and arid Ice cap and tundra
5
Which vegetation zone does Alaska have the most of?
ice caps
tundra
desert
great plains
6
What oceans surround the landmass of Canada and the United States?
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, and Indian Oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.
Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans.
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
7
Which vegetation zone grows throughout the deserts and canyons of the Southwest of the US?
tropical grasslands: grasses/trees used to tropical wet/dry
tundra: treeless with grass and moss adapted to cold climate
coniferous forests: mainly evergreen trees w/ needles/cones
Desert scrub: small trees/bushes/plants used to dry climate
8
Canada and the United States cover a region that takes up the majority of what continent?
Australia
Europe
North America
South America
9
What mountain range has a gentle range of rounded peaks and deep valleys in the east of the US?
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Cascade Mountains
10
Which vegetation zone covers the majority of Canada and AK that is not tundra?
coniferous forests: mainly evergreen trees w/ needles/cones
tundra: treeless with grass and moss adapted to cold climate
tropical grasslands: grasses/trees used to tropical wet/dry
Desert scrub: small trees/bushes/plants used to dry climate
11
Describe humid continental climates
Freezing cold and summers are hot and steamy
Hot in the summer and cold in the winters ( No rain )
All of the above
Hot all year around and a little bit of rainfall
12
Which of the following statements is false about the climate of the continental US?
The SE has hot, rainy summers that follow mild winters.
The SW is hot/dry in summer, with little rain in winter.
The Midwest and NE have four distinct seasons.
The southern part of the US is usually cold/rainy all year.
13
What does the term shield mean?
flat gently rolling areas of land
a thin layer of soil in eastern and central area of Canada
flat land running from Arctic Ocean to Gulf of Mexico
large core of old rock that lies at the base of a continent
14
Which vegetation zone spreads across the far northern islands and coast of Canada & much of AK?
tundra: treeless with grass and moss adapted to cold climate
tropical grasslands: grasses/trees used to tropical wet/dry
coniferous forests: mainly evergreen trees w/ needles/cones
Desert scrub: small trees/bushes/plants used to dry climate
15
Which vegetation zone are the Florida Everglades and along the Gulf Coast?
tundra: treeless with grass and moss adapted to cold climate
Desert scrub: small trees/bushes/plants used to dry climate
coniferous forests: mainly evergreen trees w/ needles/cones
tropical grasslands: grasses/trees used to tropical wet/dry
16
What vegetation zone is the Great Plains?
desert scrub
chapparal
Mediterranean
temperate grassland
17
What physical feature covers almost half of Canada?
The Great Lakes
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Shield
18
Glaciers swept along the Canadian Shield and dug large holes forming what physical feature(s)?
Canadian Shield
The Great Lakes
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains

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