Midwest Environment Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What are the 5 Great Lakes? | Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Erie |
What is the land between the Applachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains called? | Interior Plains |
What are the Central Plains? | Low, gentle hills |
What are the Great Plains? | Dry grassland |
What is the main crop of the Central Plains? | Corn |
What is the main crop of the Great Plains? | Wheat |
What is a flat area thickly covered with tall grasses and wildflowers? | Prairie |
What causes the summer to stay cooler and the winter warmer? | Lake Effect |
What is a period of little or no rain? | Drought |
What is a funnel of wind? | Tornado |
Where was the first indoor mall located? | Edina, Minnesota |
Where is the country's largest indoor mall? | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Why were indoor mall built? | Midwest climate |
What is the largest iron ore range in the Midwest? | Mesabi Range in MN |
What is removing all the plants and soil away from an area to get at the ore in the ground called? | Open-Pit Mining |
What is the process of restoring the land to the way it was called? | Reclamation |
Name two major ports on the Great Lakes? | Duluth, MN Gary, IN Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Superior, MN |
Where is the country's tallest skyscraper located? | Chicago, IL |
What is the name of the country's largest skyscraper? | Sears Tower |
What is Poland's capital? | Warsaw |
How are Poland and the Midwest similar? | They both have plains and farm. |
What is the major waterway in Poland? | Baltic Sea |
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