Africa Physical Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Depression in the earth's surface. | Basin |
The world's longest river (4,000 miles)flowing through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. | Nile River |
The land that sank to form long-thin valleys from continental plates pulling apart. | Rift Valley |
Africa's highest mountain located in Tanzania. | Mt. Kilamanjaro |
A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top. | Escarpment |
Oil, gold, platinum, chromium, cobalt, copper, phosphates, diamonds, and other minerals. | Africa's Resources |
Why is Africa called the plateau continent? | Because the majority of Africa as a continent takes on this shape. |
Why do you think Africa's abundance of resources has not translated into economic wealth for most of its population? | Poor government, civil war, and disorganization make it impossible to become wealthy. |
The largest desert in the world located on the Northern part of Africa. | Sahara |
Stores of underground water. | Aquifer |
Water that comes moves from underground and comes to the surface then supports vegetation and wildlife in the desert. | Oasis |
Tropical grassland that covers most of northern Tanzania (the setting of the Lion King). | Serengeti Plain |
Uppermost layer of branches, about 150 feet above the ground that most animals of the rain forest live in. | Canopy |
Why does most of Africa have high temperatures? | Africa is located right on the equator, which is closest to the sun, therfore provides the warmest temperatures. |
A region that contains most of Niger's oil. | Niger Delta |
Shore of the Sahara desert (has grasslands and is used for farming). | Sahel |
An expansion of dry conditions into moist areas that are next to deserts as a result of nature's long-term cycle and human activity (which speeds this up). | Desertification |
Lake Nassar was created behind this dam, which is shared by both Sudan and Egypt. | Aswan High Dam |
Sediment deposited by a river that creates fertile farmland. | Silt |
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