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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
The highest peak in North America is..
a)
Mount Rainier
b)
Mount Elbert
c)
Mount Denali
d)
Mt St. Helens
2.
The highest peak in the 48 contiguous states is...
a)
Mount Rainier
b)
Mt St. Helens
c)
Mount Denali
d)
Mount Elbert
3.
The rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur...
a)
Alaskan Caldera
b)
Pacific tectonic edge
c)
Ring of fire
d)
Kamchatka peninsula
4.
The highest peak of cascades in Oregon is also the most scaled peak of the cascades
a)
Crater Lake
b)
Mt Hood
c)
Mt Washington
d)
Lassen Peak
5.
The highest peak of the rockies are
a)
Mount Robson
b)
Mount Elbert
c)
Pikes Peak
d)
Mt St. Helens
6.
The rockies stretch b/w these two rivers in the North and South
a)
Mackenzie & Mississippi
b)
Fraser & Colorado
c)
Liard & Pecos
d)
Missouri & Rio Grande
7.
The largest tree by volume is found within the Sierra Nevada is..
a)
General Grant
b)
General Sherman
c)
Lincoln
d)
President
8.
The Yellowstone, Grand Teton national park are attractions in which range
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Sierra Nevada
c)
Appalachian
d)
Cascades
9.
The Shenandoah National Park in the northern section, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are part of which subrange of the Applachian
a)
Green Mountains
b)
Blue Ridge Mountains
c)
White Mountains
d)
Allegheny Mountains
10.
The highest alpine lake in North America nestled in the Sierra is
a)
Lake Champlain
b)
Great Salt Lake
c)
Lake Mead
d)
Lake Tahoe
11.
This popular hiking trail stretches 2200 miles from Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine..
a)
Appalachian Trail
b)
Pacific Crest Trail
c)
Continental Divide Trail
d)
Smoky Mountain Trail
12.
What is the western edge of the Rockies includes ranges that stretches to Salt Lake City Utah
a)
Sawtooths
b)
Bitterroots
c)
San Juan Mountains
d)
Wasatch Mountains
13.
The southernmost volcano in the Cascades and the most easily climbed peak in the Cascades is...
a)
Mount Scott
b)
Lassen Peak
c)
Broken Top
d)
Mount Bailey
14.
The blue-ridge mountains crosess this line that forms the border b/w 4 states Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia
a)
45th parallel
b)
Four corners
c)
Mason-Dixon
d)
Delmarva peninsula
15.
The first mountain range encountered as one goes westbound along the 40th parallel north across the Great Plains of North America is aptly called
a)
Front Range
b)
Home Range
c)
Western Mountains
d)
Sangra-de-Cristo
16.
Lake champlain & Fort Ticonderoga are part of this range which is not a sub-range of the Appalchian
a)
White Mountains
b)
Adirondack Mointains
c)
Green Mountains
d)
Allegheny Mountains
17.
This tributary of Missouri river flows through downtown Denver
a)
Red River
b)
South Platte
c)
Cheyenne River
d)
Sun River
18.
The ranges of the Rocky Mountains and Andes, at a generally much higher elevation create this well know hydrological division
a)
Continental Divide
b)
Eastern Divide
c)
Great Basin
d)
Great Divide
19.
At a maximum depth of 1,949 ft this is the deepest lake in the United States (10 world-wide)
a)
Lake Superior
b)
Great Salt Lake
c)
Lake Mead
d)
Crater Lake
20.
Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks are points of interests with in these ranges
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Sierra Nevada
c)
Appalachian
d)
Cascades
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