GCU 322 Lecture Quiz 2
Charlotte, NC is in the ___ landform region
Piedmont
The single largest landform region of Canada is the
Canadian Shield
A very large portion of the southeastern US is in the ___ climate area
humid subtropical
The boreal forest that stretches from the Pacific coast of Alaska across much of Canada
and all the way to the Atlantic Ocean corresponds quite closely to the ___ climate area
Subarctic
Mt. St. Helens, a Cascade volcano in Washington state, had a massive eruption in 1980
(where the mountain lost about ____ feet in elevation) and a significant but smaller
eruption in 2004.
1,000
Which Cascade volcano (now doormat) is quite visible on clear days in Portland,
Oregon?
Mt. Hood
Nashville, Tennessee is in the ____ landform regi on
Interior Lowlands
Much of northeastern US (as well as much of southeastern Canada) is in the ____
climate area
humid continental
Much of the western Great Plains is in the ____ climate area
Semiarid
The US alone has ____% of the world's tornadoes
75
Driving west across the state of ____, one goes from just under 900 feet in elevation by
the time the western edge of the state is reached, yet this elevation gain is barely
noticeable --practically imperceptible.
Kansas
Where the 37 degree north latitude line crosses the Mississippi River, it is the ____
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Charlotte, NC is in the ___ landform region
Piedmont
The single largest landform region of Canada is the
Canadian Shield
A very large portion of the southeastern US is in the ___ climate area
humid subtropical
The boreal forest that stretches from the Pacific coast of Alaska across much of Canada
and all the way to the Atlantic Ocean corresponds quite closely to the ___ climate area
Subarctic
Mt. St. Helens, a Cascade volcano in Washington state, had a massive eruption in 1980
(where the mountain lost about ____ feet in elevation) and a significant but smaller
eruption in 2004.
1,000
Which Cascade volcano (now doormat) is quite visible on clear days in Portland,
Oregon?
Mt. Hood
Nashville, Tennessee is in the ____ landform regi on
Interior Lowlands
Much of northeastern US (as well as much of southeastern Canada) is in the ____
climate area
humid continental
Much of the western Great Plains is in the ____ climate area
Semiarid
The US alone has ____% of the world's tornadoes
75
Driving west across the state of ____, one goes from just under 900 feet in elevation by
the time the western edge of the state is reached, yet this elevation gain is barely
noticeable --practically imperceptible.
Kansas
Where the 37 degree north latitude line crosses the Mississippi River, it is the ____
landform region Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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