What is the imaginary line that runs along the crest of the Rocky Mountains?
The Continental Divide
What is the line of elevation that most of the trees on the Rocky Mountains will not grow above?
The timerline
What national park is the oldest in the world and what can you find there?
Yellowstone National Park
You can find:
Geysers and Hot springs
You can find:
Geysers and Hot springs
What do you call the bodies of water in Yellowstone National Park that are like volcanoes because they are heated by magma and erupt?
Hot springs
What are some of the other mountain ranges in the Rocky Mountain area?
The Cascade range or cascades, the Olympic Mountain range, and the Sierra Nevada range.
Are Hawaii and California's climates similar? How?
Yes they are.
They have similar temperatures and rarely drop below freezing.
They have similar temperatures and rarely drop below freezing.
Where is the Great Basin desert region?
Most of Nevada and parts of Oregon, Utah and Idaho
What is a Rain Shadow?
An area of dry land that lies on the downwind side of a mountain (the side away from the wind) where the air is drier.
How are Alaska and Hawaii alike?
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They do not share land borders with the mainland USA.
They were the last two States admitted to the Union
They do not share land borders with the mainland USA.
They were the last two States admitted to the Union
Why is the timber industry in the west important?
We use wood and wood products such as paper in our everyday life.
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Autor: eduncan
Oberthema: Social Studies
Thema: West
Veröffentlicht: 28.04.2010
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