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 east & west around the world

• precipiation

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

• Longitude

• Imaginary lines that go north & south around the world

• Latitude

• 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.

• mountain

• stream of water flowing into a lake or ocean

• irrigation

• plateaus, parks, plains, rivers & lakes

• landforms

• natural part of the earth with high elevations

• river

• Supplying farm land water from somewhere else.

• tributary

Match the following

• large body of water surrounded by land

• reservoir

• high level land between mountains. Colorado has 4

• park

• a long narrow valley

• canyon

• a big open area

• lake

• place where water is stored

• plains

Match the following

• an area of high flat land

• Front Range

• Mountain range with the largest number of any range

• Continental Divide

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

• Mountain Range

• Imaginary line that runs along the tallest mountains.

• Sawatch Range

• a row or group of mountains

• Plateau

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

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean