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.
Male (Bull) Roosevelt Elk at Northwest Trek, Washington, USA
Pacific Silver Fir cone debris from feeding Douglas Squirrels, North Cascades National Park
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Pacific Estuary
A mound of buffalo skulls. In 1870 an estimated 30 million buffalo roamed the plains; by 1900 there
Albert Bierstadt, Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast.