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What is a rain shadow?
How are volcanoes similar to geysers?
Ch 12 West Region Quizs Review
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How are volcanoes similar to geysers?
Both erupt every 45 minutes to 110 minutes
Both are heated by magma and erupt
Both are names of sports teams
Both are seen at Yellowstone
2
What is a rain shadow?
Cloud rising over mountain full of precipitation
Wettest spot of mountain
Dry area to the east of a mountain range
Cloudy area that sunbathers avoid
3
Which state in the West produces the widest variety of fruits, vegetables, and nuts?
Hawaii
Wyoming
Oregon
California
4
A cold, flat area where trees cannot grow and where some people enjoy cross country skiing.
A timberline
A tundra
A desert
The Continental Divide
5
Which is a product provided by the timber industry from which people benefit?
potatoes
paper
wheat
flounder
6
Which is NOT a mountain range that is located in the West?
Olympic Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Cascade Range
7
The highest peak in North America is in this state?
Alaska
Oregon
Colorado
Montana
8
Which western state is the biggest producer of potatoes in the USA?
California
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
9
What is the timberline?
Line of elevation too high for trees to grow
Amount of lumber harvested by timber companies
Timber companies can't cut above this line
Line of reforestation
10
When a state grows plants, shrubs, and flowers as a source of income, these products are called?
Rain Shadow Products
Greenhouse Products
Livestock Products
Mineral Products
11
When lumber companies replant after cutting down timber for their products, this is called...?
Timberline
Reforestation
Clear cutting
Greenhouse
12
What state is home to the wettest place on Earth located?
Washington
Wyoming
Hawaii
Colorado
13
What is the Continental Divide?
Imaginary line along Rockies dividing watershed
Split in the USA
Erosion by the Colorado River
A line separating the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevadas
14
Which description is NOT true in the description of the Great Basin?
Hot summer, few trees, and little water
Contains the Great Salt Lake
Found in the state of Montana, Washington, and Alaska
Contains Death Valley
15
The oldest park in the WORLD is named...
Yodaland
Yosemite
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
16
How is the climate of Hawaii similar to the climate of California?
Temperatures in parts of California and Hawaii rarely drop below freezing.
It is colder in Hawaii and California than in most states.
It rains less in Hawaii than in California.
Both have frigid winter temperatures.
17
The highest peak in North America is called...
Mt Whitney
Mt Everest
Humpback Rock
Mt McKinnley
18
Which of the following mountain ranges does NOT have a volcano?
Sierra Nevada
Mount Kilauea
Cascade Range
Aleutian Range
19
Which side of the mountains gets the most precipitation?
north
west
east
south
