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USA Landform regions
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The Interior Plains is divided into two regions called?
Piedmont & Fertile Valley
Sierra Nevadas & Fertile Valley
Great Basin & Central Valley
The Great Plains & Central Plains
2
The Pacific Ocean coastline is?
polluted, off limits to people & dangerous
without beaches, sealife & people
rugged, rocky, little flat land
flat, sandy, & at sealevel
3
A
landform region
is a region that can be defined by the?
similar prairie grasses grown
similar climate throughout
similar landforms throughout
similar erosion patterns
4
Landforms are physical features on land, such as?
prairies, oceans, streams
lakes, mountains, prairies
mountains, plains, hills
valleys, creeks, plateaus
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The USA is broken up into ____ landform regions.
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3
2
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Which one of the mountain ranges listed below is found in the Appalachians?
Alaska Range
Cascade Range
Sierra Nevadas
Great Smokies
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This landform region has wide valleys, hills, rolling mountains, and the
Piedmont.
The Coastal Plains
The Appalachians
The Rocky Mts.
Western Mts. & Valleys
8
On the very western side of the USA lies this landform region, it borders the Pacific Ocean
The Western Mts. & Valleys
The Rockies
The Appalachians
The Coastal Plain
9
What mountain range stretches for 73 miles through NW NJ?
The White Mts.
The Rocky Mts.
The Coast Range
The Appalachians
10
If I left the Interior Plains and headed to the Rocky Mts., in which direction would I head?
West
South
North
East
11
What landform region is Salem County located on?
Rocky Mts.
Coastal Plain
Appalachians
Interior Plains
12
This mountain range is the youngest of America's mountain ranges.
The Appalachians
The Rocky Mts.
The Coast Range
Alaska Range
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In this area, there are few rivers, and almost no trees. The landscape appears endless.
Rockies
The Great Plains
Appalachians
Central Valley
14
At the edge of the Great Basin lies the lowest land in North America, it is called?
Danger Island
Fantasy Island
Death Valley
Alcatraz
15
The largest valley in the Western Mts. & Valleys region is the 400 mile long?
Maggie Valley
Willamette Valley
Puget Sound Lowland
Central Valley
16
The area west of the Rocky Mts., who's environment is dry, bowl shaped and low lying, is?
The Great Basin
Central Valley
The Grand Canyon
Delaware Water Gap
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Climate can be defined as?
seasons over a period of time
weather over a period of time
erosion over a period of time
wind over a long period of time
18
This landform region stretches across the middle of the country, it is west of the Appalachians
Interior Plains
Rocky Mts.
Coastal Plain
Western Mountains & Valleys
19
If I traveled from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic Coast in which direction would I head?
East
South
North
West
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A mountain range is?
a group of connected mountains
the gradual wearing away of land
the surroundings in which people live
an area of flat or rolling land
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A person's surroundings in which people, plants, & animals live is called?
mountain range
erosion
prairie
environment
22
The Interior Plains is covered in flat, rolling grassy lands called?
quack grass
cattails
salt marsh
prairies
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This landform region is defined by towering, jagged, steep, snow covered mountains.
Western Mts. & Valley
Interior Plains
The Rocky Mts.
The Appalachians
