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5. North America Physical Geography
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1
What is the most used corn product in America?
Industrial alcohol
High fructose corn syrup
Ethanol
Livestock feed
2
Type of American folk music created by African-Americans in the Mississippi Delta?
hip-hop
rock
country
blues
3
How long have the Appalachian mountains been around?
400 million years
600 years
200 thousand years
500 billion years
4
Where is Mt. Whitney located?
Sierra Nevadas
Appalachians
Rockies
Cascades
5
What year did Mount Saint Helens erupt?
1979
1982
1980
1981
6
Which has a higher average elevation?
East Coast
West Coast
7
Interior lowlands are
Rugged mountains from Alaska to Mexico
Varying elevations containing mountains and Death Valley
Rolling flat lands, many rivers, river valleys, grassy hills
Hills worn by erosion and lakes carved by glaciers
8
What percent of water on Earth is freshwater?
4%
97%
2%
3%
9
What is Fracking?
Injecting chemicals into rocks and high pressure to get natural gas and oil
Extracting oil from the ground at high speeds
Process of Extracting natural gas and oil through chemicals
The sun eating away at the rocks and getting biofuel through a spout.
10
What is a piedmont?
any feature of Earth's surface
an area at or near the foot of a mountain
an area of low, bowl-shaped land
an opening in the ground where lava pours out
11
In geology, "shields" are exposed Precambrian crystalline igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks.
False
True
12
How long is the Appalachian Trail(Georgia to Maine)?
1200 miles
2700
2200 miles
3100
13
The Appalachian mountains are
Old and Eroded
Tall and rugged
Wrapped around the Hudson Bay
Rich and fertile
14
What helped to form the Great Lakes?
Volcanos
Glaciers
Orogenies
Rain
15
The Appalachian Mountains are taller than the Rocky Mountains.
True
False
16
Which region has the nickname Rust Belt?
south
northeast
midwest
west
17
Coastal Plains are....
broad lowlands sloping to the sea, with excellent harbors
rolling flatlands with many rivers
rugged mountains and fertile valleys
varied elevations with isolated ranges and Death Valley
18
The Mississippi River Basin is the smallest drainage basin in United States.
True
False
19
Mississippi’s timber harvest has exceeded 1 billion dollars annually since 1993.
False
True
20
The Western Continental Divide follows the Rocky Mountains.
True
False
