4th Grade Geography of Colorado

All of the following are neighbors of Colorado EXCEPT

• Wyoming

• Nevada

• Utah

• Arizona

• New Mexico

All of the following are neighbors of Colorado EXCEPT

• Wyoming

• Nebraska

• Utah

• Texas

• New Mexico

All of the following are neighbors of Colorado EXCEPT

• South Dakota

• Nebraska

• Utah

• Kansas

• New Mexico

Which states make up the Four Corners?

• Texas

• Colorado

• Utah

• Arizona

• New Mexico

What is Colorado's rank in size?

• 3rd

• 5th

• 8th

• 21st

Match the following

• Imaginary lines that go north & south around the world

• Latitude

• rain, snow sleet or hail or any other moisture that falls from the sky

• Longitude

• Imaginary lines that go east & west around the world

• precipiation

• weather usually found in an area

• climate

• How high or low the land is measured in feet above sea level

• elevation

Match the following

• a smaller river that flows into a larger one.

• tributary

• Supplying farm land water from somewhere else.

• irrigation

• natural part of the earth with high elevations

• landforms

• plateaus, parks, plains, rivers & lakes

• river

• stream of water flowing into a lake or ocean

• mountain

Match the following

• high level land between mountains. Colorado has 4

• reservoir

• large body of water surrounded by land

• canyon

• place where water is stored

• lake

• a big open area

• park

• a long narrow valley

• plains

Match the following

• an area of high flat land

• Continental Divide

• Mountain range with the largest number of any range

• Mountain Range

• Imaginary line that runs along the tallest mountains.

• Sawatch Range

• Part of the Rockies that runs through North and South Americas

• Plateau

• a row or group of mountains

• Front Range

On the west side of the Continental Divide, rivers run to the _____________.

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean