Savvas 9.1: A Varied Land

What are the 11 states that make up the West Region?

The ______ _________ form the largest mountain range in North America.

What are the three of the mountain ranges that can be found in the West?

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Sierra Nevada

• Cascades

• The Alps

The _______ _________ forms the coast line for the West.

What are the states that make up the coastline in the West? Put them in ABC order.​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• Alaska
• California
• Oregon
• Washington
• Montana
• Colorado
• Utah

Match the mountain's name with the correct height.

• 13,796 ft.

• Mt. Hood

• 14,433 ft.

• Mt. Denali

• 14,410 ft.

• Mauna Kea

• 20,310 ft.

• Mt. Elbert

• 11,239 ft.

• Mt. Rainier

What happened in Washington state in 1980?

• Mount St. Helens erupted
• Mount Hood erupted
• Mount Rainier erupted
• Mount St. Helens collapsed

In Wyoming's ​ (a)   National park has more than 10,000 hot springs. The park's most famous ​ (b)   is ​ (c)   , which erupts about every ​ (d)   to ​ (e)   minutes.

• Yellowstone
• geyser
• Old Faithful
• 60
• 110

What are two things that can cause a tsunami?

• earthquakes

• Hurricanes
• Tornadoes
• landslides

• geysers

The ___________ River is an important river in Oregon that feeds into the Columbia.