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The major mountain range in Western North America |
Rocky Mountains |
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A huge slow-moving mass of snow and ice |
Glacier |
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The world's largest group of freshwater lakes |
Great Lakes |
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A river or stream that flows into a larger River |
Tributary |
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What mountains are the United States second largest mountain system? |
Appalachian Mountains |
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What five lakes make up the Great Lakes which is considered the world's largest group of freshwater lakes? |
Lakes Superior, Michigan, huron, Erie, and Ontario |
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What is the largest river in the United States? |
Mississippi River |
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What two major rivers are tributary rivers of the Mississippi River? |
Ohio and the Missouri Rivers |
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A cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year |
Tundra |
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It permanently Frozen layer of ground below the top layer of soil |
Permafrost |
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A region of flat or rolling land covered with grasses |
Prairie |
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A political division of land in Canada |
Province |
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Regions of flat or rolling land covered with grasses |
Grasslands |
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In North America, grasslands are called |
Prairies |
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What three provinces are sometimes called the Prairie Provinces? |
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba |
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When Pioneers first encountered the Prairies in what is now the Midwest, they described it as |
A Sea of Grass |
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Fertile topsoil left by a river especially after a flood |
Alluvial soil |
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A large company that runs huge farms |
Agribusiness |
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Electric power produced by moving water |
Hydroelectricity |
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A fuel formed over millions of years from animal and plant remains |
Fossil fuel |
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What dam on the Columbia River in the state of Washington produces more hydroelectricity than any other dam in the United States? |
The Grand Coulee |
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Which country produces and consumes more fossil fuels than any other country? |
The United States |
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Petroleum, natural gas, and coal are all examples of |
Fossil fuel |
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A mixture of gases found beneath the earth's surface |
Natural Gas |
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The United States is the world's second largest producer of |
Coal, petroleum, and natural gas |