Our State, Our Story - Chapter 2 Test

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Why is the Ice Age Trail important?

Move the vocabulary words up and down to match with the correct definition on the right.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
watershed		the height of land above sea level
elevation		half a sphere
glacier		a defined area of a place that has common features
moraine		a giant sheet of ice formed in mountain valleys or near the North or South poles
silt		the detailed description of physical features of an area
region		a ridge or long hill that was once the side or edge of a glacier
hemisphere		fine particles of soil washed along by flowing water to settle at the bottom of a river or lake
topography		the area of land that drains into a waterway

For the next 3 problems, choose 3 different Wisconsin Geography terms from the bolded list below. 
You need to write the name and definition in the box, and draw what it looks like in the 'Show Your Work' section. 
Choose from any of these terms for your 3.
moraine, esker, drumlin, kettle, basin, kame, island, valley, peninsula, isthmus, plain, wetland, tributary, gorge, ravine, coulee, prairie

Name and Definition of term #1

Name and Definition of term #2

Name and Definition of term #3

Label the cardinal and ordinal directions on the compass rose.

Use the Latitude Longitude Map of Wisconsin to answer the multiple 