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Pacific South America

Section 1 altiplano

Andes

Atacama Desert

El Niño

Galápagos Islands

Tierra del Fuego

strait

tectonic plates

DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a

statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a true statement. ______ 1. The Andes run through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.

______ 2. Earthquakes and volcanoes threaten the Andes because two altiplanos

meet at the region’s edge.

______ 3. Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands have wildlife not found anywhere else.

______ 4. Every few years, an ocean and weather pattern called Tierra del Fuego

warms the normally cool Pacific waters.

______ 5. The strait in Northern Chile is about 600 miles long.

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