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? PhysicalFeatures, Progress Check Word Meaning Text How did the fall line line fall the did How the of east runs that Appalachians contribute to patterns? population Why are the Rocky the are Why considered Mountains the but not a cordillera Appalachians? Read the text on the right. the Highlight two of the areas names west lie that plains of of the Appalachians. What is the fall the is What line Reading Essentials and Study Guide Guide Study and Essentials Reading Defining

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Determining 7. 6. the Marking 5. NAME ______DATE The United States The 48 48 Lesson 1: Lesson 1: Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education. Permission is granted to reproduce for classroom use. The UnitedStates Lesson 1: earthquakes, volcanoes, wildfires, and mud slides. Great Plains have tornadoes. ThePacific Coast experiences there. TheEast Coast and the Gulf Coast both have hurricanes. The climate. forest rain summerswarm, and dry mild, wet winters. Hawaii has atropical rainfall. Mediterranean The climate in southern California brings west coast climate. It has mild temperatures year-round and lots of in the winter. winter Sometimes, adry wind called achinook climate dominates. Temperatures gethot in the summer and cold winters. Onthe eastern steppe side ofthedry apartly Rockies, cold, winters snowy and hot, humid summers. hasNortheast acolder winter. climate. Summer temperatures in these regions are similar, butthe continental climate. TheSoutheast has ahumid subtropical The climates ofthe United States vary. has TheNortheast ahumid people live? How does the climate how ofanarea affect Guiding Question Climates AE______DT ______DATE ______NAME Check forUnderstanding Writing The location of a place affects theThe location natural ofaplace hazards affects that occur Alaska has acold climate. TheNorthwest Coast has amarine The inland West climate has adesert ofhot summers and mild The Great Plains have ahumid continental climate. This area has 2. Expository 1. Narrative Describe the geographic features you see. Physical Features, Features, Physical Suppose you in are aplane flying over the United States from east to west. Explain howExplain ofwater bodies are to important ofthe the United people States. continued blows. Reading Essentials and Study Guide 10. Reading 9.

CLASS Marking Marking the What are the natural States? throughout the United hazards that occur section. mentioned in this are that States United nine areas ofthe found in each ofthe ofclimatethe type highlightIn the text, Text Progress Check Progress ______49