A Land of Mountains
The largest system of mountains in the United States.
What is the Rocky Mountains?
This state has very cold winter temperatures.
What is Alaska?
Animals that are raised on farms and ranches.
What is livestock?
This state is the biggest producer of potatoes in the United States.
What is Idaho?
This state contains the wettest place on Earth.
What is Hawaii?
A mountain with an opening through which ash, gas, and lava shoot out.
What is a volcano?
Temperatures rarely drop below freezing in these two states.
What are California and Hawaii?
This western state produces the widest variety of fruits, vegetables, and nuts.
What is California?
A building that lets light enter and keeps heat and moisture from escaping.
What is a greenhouse?
The world's oldest national park.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
The Cascade Range, the Sierra Nevada, and the Olympic Mountains.
What are mountain ranges in the West?
This side of the Cascade Range receives MORE rain as a result of the rain shadow.
What is the western side?
The process of planting new trees to replace ones that were cut down.
What is reforestation?
This state is famous for growing many types of apples, although cherries, pears, and potatoes also are grown there.
What is Washington?
Melted rock that rises and flows on Earth's surface.
What is lava?
A point on a mountain above which trees cannot grow.
What is the timberline?
A cold flat area where trees cannot grow.
What is a tundra?
Wood and paper are products of this industry.
What is the timber industry?
This state's major crops are barley, oats, hay, and potatoes.
What is Alaska?
Melted rock that lies underneath the Earth's surface.
What is magma?
A type of hot spring that shoots water into the air.
What is a geyser?
The climate in this area of the West is always hot, sunny, and dry.
What is the Great Basin?
A famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
What is Old Faithful?
Farms in this area of Oregon grow many types of berries and a wide variety of vegetables.
What is the Willamette Valley?
An imaginary line across the crest of the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Continental Divide?