Which of the following is a name for the Pacific Northwest that was coined my novelist Ernest Callenbach?
A) Ecotopia
B) Cascadia
C) Pacifica
D) Eutopia
Question 2
Which of the following best defines a rain shadow?
A) The shadow on the moon that lets you know rain is coming.
B) The dark streaks of rain failing from under a cloud when seen from a distance. Looks like a misty shadow.
C) The lack of precipitation on the side of a mountainous area that faces away from prevailing winds
D) The side of the mountain that gets a higher percentage of rain that faces toward the prevailing winds.
Coral in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific hagfish trying to hide under a rock
Pacific Estuary
Albert Bierstadt, Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast.
Ernest Meissonier, Memory of Civil War (The Barricades).
Pacific Decadal Oscillation: PDO index