Studies Weekly: Weeks 1-3 Vocabulary

The Sierra Nevada ________ Range stretches from Canada through California. (WEEK 1)

• San Andreas

• Cascade

• Death Valley

• Pacific

the lowest point in the Continental U.S. (WEEK 1)

• San Andreas

• Cascade

• Death Valley

• Pacific

the type of butterfly that migrates to California in the winter (WEEK 1)

• Peacock

• Monarch

• Swallowtail

• Blue Copper

the big, blue resource is all along the Pacific Coast Region and the place where the Earth's crust is thinnest (WEEK 1 &4)

• ocean

• mountain

• valley

• desert

the capital of California (WEEK 1)

• Los Angeles

• San Diego

• San Francisco

• Sacramento

the name of the big fault line where many earthquakes occur in our state (WEEK 1)

• San Andreas

• Cascade

• Death Valley

• Pacific

the shape of a globe (WEEK 1)

• circle

• round

• sphere

• square

California is the _____ largest state. (WEEK 1)

• second

• third

• fourth

• fifth

The ______ location is a point on the Earth's surface that can be found using latitude and longitude. (WEEK 2)

• absolute

• exact

• approximate

• relative

an imaginary line running through the middle of the Earth (WEEK 2)

• equator

• axis

• prime meridian

• International Dateline