Discovering the Physical Geography of Washington

Questions:

Use your problem-solving skills to figure out a way to answer each of the questions below. Please use complete sentences to respond to each question. Log on to the Virtual Atlas, the relief map available by clicking on the state is a good place to start.

1. Describe each of the major climate types found in Washington. Be sure to include information on precipitation, temperature, and the regions in which these climates are found.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

2. Would you say that Washington has a great deal of climatic diversity or very little climatic diversity? Why?

    

    

    

    

3. What forms of flora and fauna are found in the state?

4. What bodies of surface water are found in the state?

5. Discover something about Washington’s relief. Figure out the range of elevations in Washington. What are the highest and lowest points of the state? What are the highest and lowest inhabited points? At what elevation does the most precipitation fall? At what elevation does the least precipitation fall?

6. Draw your own map of the state.