Southeast Land & Water quiz

The Southeast region has upper lands and lower lands. The lands are very different from each other.

• True

• False

The ______ have rolling hills, rich river valleys and high flat areas called plateaus.

• highlands

• lowlands

The ______ have beaches, swamps, and wetlands.

• highlands

• lowlands

The _______ mountains cover most of the upper part of the Southeast region.

Which ocean boarders the Southeast region?

• Arctic

• Mississippi

• Pacific

• Atlantic

The Everglades is the only place in the world where both alligators and crocodiles live.

• True

• False

How are swamps created?

• Strong winds carry water from the northeast

• Hurricanes

• When the ocean rises each day at high tide, seawater flows into this lowland

• Lakes separate to form into smaller bodies of water called

What is a triangle- shaped area at the end of a river?

• dallas

• delta

• beta

• dump

Which river carries fertile soil to the huge delta at the Gulf of Mexico?

• Mississippi

• Missouri

• Erie

• Ohio

The place where the Appalachian Mountains meet the Coastal Plain is called the _____.

• land slide

• cliff

• zip line

• fall line