Redwood Trees
Mt Whitney
Earthquake
Quake Map Link
LA Story Quake
Palm Trees
Tarantula
Desert Tortoise
San Andreas Fault Line
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Title of Quiz Doc: California Culture Nature Quiz
What percentage of Californians live within 20 miles of the Pacific coast?
California Nature
What are
Vocabulary
wild/brush/forest fire
fire
cactus
desert tortoise
palm tree
Sequoia tree
Waterfall
Tide Pools
Joshua tree
sand dunes
earth quakes
fault line
oasis
lagoon
indigenous plants
sea
condor
earthquake
Quake Map Link
LA Story
wild fire
desert tortoise
desert tortoise
Salton Sea
Mt. Whitney
San Andreas Fault
Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree
Death Valley
California Condor
Tarantula
Mountain Lion
Saguaro Cactus and Bobcat
California Cartoon
California Condor
Wing-span of up to 9' = 2.7432 m
Live up to 60 years of age in the wild
In 1979: 25 alive in the wild
Today: 160 in the wild
Bald Eagle
Wing-span usually around 1.8 to 2.3 m (5.9 and 7.5 ft)
Bride's Vail Waterfall
Highest falls in the US
620 ' = 188.976 m
Compare to Niagara Falls
Height of falls: 165 feet = 50 m
Pyramids
Age: The history books generally point to 3200 B.C. as the approximate date when the pyramid of Khufu was under construction.
Indigenous People
200,000 in the late 19th century to approximate 15,000 -- a decline of roughly 90%.
