Chapter 6 - The American West

What is the largest saltwater lake in North America and the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River?

• Great Salt Lake
• Lake Superior
• Lake Michigan
• Lake Huron

The largest canyon in the world, with the Colorado River flowing through it, is:

• Yosemite Valley
• Antelope Canyon
• Fish River Canyon
• Grand Canyon

A desert known for its colorful, layered rock formations is called:

• Painted Desert
• Sahara Desert
• Grand Canyon
• Rocky Mountains

The largest petrified forest in the world, with logs lying horizontally as evidence of the biblical flood, is called:

• Grand Canyon National Park
• Petrified Forest National Park
• Yellowstone National Park
• Yosemite National Park

The first U.S. national park, famous for Old Faithful and Steamboat geysers, is:

• Grand Canyon National Park
• Yosemite National Park
• Yellowstone National Park
• Zion National Park

What is the world’s longest mountain chain, stretching from the Arctic to South America?

• The Himalayan Chain

• The Rocky Chain

• The American Mountain Chain

• The Cordilleran Chain

Known as the "Backbone of America," these mountains include the Continental Divide and marine fossils providing evidence of the biblical flood:

• Appalachian Mountains
• Sierra Nevada
• Cascade Range
• Rocky Mountains

The deepest lake in the United States, formed in a volcanic crater in Oregon, is called:

• Lake Tahoe
• Crater Lake
• Lake Michigan
• Lake Superior

What term refers to the PLANTS that grow naturally in a specific area?

• fauna
• flora

What term refers to the animals that live in a specific area?

• fauna
• flora