United States geography and natural resources

What causes the rivers of the United States to flow to opposite ends of North America?

• the Piedmont

• the Great Lakes

• the Interior Plains

• the Continental Divide

How are Climates of the West different from the climates of the other regions of the country?

• They are mostly dry

• They are mostly cold

• They are mostly sunny

• They are mostly wet

About 1/3 of the electricity produced in the United States comes from coal mined in

• the Sierra Nevada

• the Appalachians

• the Himalaya

• the Alps

The Interior Plains is also known as

• Hurricanes ally

• Tornado ally

• Flood area

• Home to many fires

If you rode in a car this weekend it may have used gasoline from

• Mexico

• Louisiana

• Maryland

• New Mexico

All of these natural resources are produced in the United States except

• coal

• forest

• diamonds

• crops

The largest fresh water sources in the United States is

• the great Salt Lake

• the great lakes

• the caspian sea

• lake tahoe

The ___________ mountains are the main mountain range in the eastern United States.

• the Rockies

• the Appalachians

• the Cascade

• the Alps

Select all the natural disasters below:

• floods

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• car accident

• electrical fires

How would you describe the landform know as the Coastal Plain?

• rocky land along the Atlantic Ocaean

• mountain range along the Atlantic Ocean

• flat, low land along the Atlantic Ocean

• an area of hills and valleys