2-14 Climates & Regions of the U.S.

The United States has many different climates and regions.  Many of these regions have different weather, plants, and landforms.  The United States has jungles, deserts, forests, plains, tundra, and mountains.  The forests have many trees while the deserts are very dry with few trees.  The jungle is very warm and wet with lots of vegetation.  The plains are vast with few trees and much grassland.  In a tundra, it is cold and only small plants grow in a tundra.  The United States has two mountain ranges that are made of rock and trees.

Match the picture with the correct landform.

Plains	A.
Forest	B.
Hills	C.
Mountains	D.
Desert	E.

1.  The United States has many different

jungles.

mountain ranges.

climates and regions.

None of the above.

2.  Deserts are very

wet.

cold.

humid.

dry.

3.  The plains have few

trees.

grasslands.

plants.

All of the above.

4.  The jungle is

very cold

very warm with lots of vegetation.

very dry.

None of the above.

5.  The United States has

jungles.

deserts.

tundra.

All of the above.