What are Washington State's borders?

North:Canada, East:Idaho, South:Oregon, West:Pacific Ocean

What best describes the Coastal Range?

Includes rainforest, Olympic Mountains, forests, coastline

What best describes the Puget Sound Lowlands

Includes valleys, fertile farmland, and Puget Sound

True or False: Washington has a rainforest.

True: It's in the Coastal Range

Washington belongs to which region?

Both the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Rim

How can you tell the difference between a natural boundary and a political boundary?

One is straight and manmade; other is a river or mountain

How does the Pacific affect the people and economy?

We use the ocean for trade, fishing, and impacts our climate

The Pacific Rim consists of these continents:

Asia, Australia, North America, South America

Hydroelectric describes...

how we get electricity from water using dams

What best describes the Cascade Range?

Includes a mountain range that separates the west and east

What are fossil fuels?

Fossils we burn for fuel and create greenhouse gasses.

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WA State History Ch.1

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A #socialstudies quiz designed around #TheWashingtonJourney curriculum for #7thgrade, with a focus on chapter one key terms and main ideas.

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1
What are Washington State's borders?
Between Virginia and Maryland
North:Oregon, South:Idaho
North:Canada, East:Idaho, South:Oregon, West:Pacific Ocean
It's neighbors are Canada and Mexico
2
What best describes the Coastal Range?
Includes a mountain range that separates the west and east
Includes rainforest, Olympic Mountains, forests, coastline
Includes a large plateau, dry land, and fertile farmland
Includes valleys, fertile farmland, and Puget Sound
3
Name our mountain ranges.
Only the Cascades
Olympic, Cascade, Rocky
Alps, Rocky, Andes
Appalachian, Andes, Cascades
4
What best describes the Puget Sound Lowlands
Includes a large plateau, dry land, and fertile farmland
Includes valleys, fertile farmland, and Puget Sound
Includes rainforest, Olympic Mountains, forests, coastline
Includes a mountain range that separates the west and east
5
True or False: Washington has a rainforest.
False: Only tropical places can have rainforests.
True: It's in the Coastal Range
6
Which mountain erupted in 1980 and devastated the surrounding areas with lahars and ash clouds?
Mt. Vesuvius
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Adams
Mt. St. Helens
7
Washington belongs to which region?
The Pacific Northwest (PNW)
Both the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim
8
How can you tell the difference between a natural boundary and a political boundary?
You can't tell the difference.
One is straight and manmade; other is a river or mountain
Manmade is bumpy; natural is straight.
9
How many dormant volcanoes are in WA?
None
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7
5
10
Where is most of WA's population found?
East side of the Cascades
Coastal Range
Puget Sound Lowlands
11
How does the Pacific affect the people and economy?
We use the ocean for travel only.
We use the ocean for trade, fishing, and impacts our climate
The Pacific Ocean has all our food in it.
12
The Pacific Rim consists of these continents:
Asia, Australia, North America, South America
Europe, North American, and Africa
South American and Africa
13
Hydroelectric describes...
how eels make electricity in their bodies
how we get electricity from water using dams
how we make electricity from rain water
14
What best describes the Cascade Range?
Includes a large plateau, dry land, and fertile farmland
Includes valleys, fertile farmland, and Puget Sound
Includes a mountain range that separates the west and east
Includes rainforest, Olympic Mountains, forests, coastline
15
What are fossil fuels?
Fuels that become fossils
Fossils that are found in the ground, but we don't use them
Fossils we burn for fuel and create greenhouse gasses.
16
What is the biggest and most important river for WA?
The Nile River
Donkey Creek
The Columbia River
The Amazon River

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