Mountains,hills &relief
What name is given to the difference in elevation between the base of a landform and its peak?
relief
What is the common way geographers measure the height of a landform above sea level?
Elevation
A group of island off the Georgia coast that block wind and waves from hitting the mainland called _______ and used to be called ____________
barrier islands
Golden Isles
This physiographic region gets a lot of rain.
Blue Ridge
Elevation is measured from the base of a mountain to its peak.
False
What is the highest point in Georgia, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains?
Brasstown Bald
The elevation shown on a sign at Brasstown Bald (4,784 feet) measures height above what?
sea level
Where in Georgia does the Appalachian Train begin.
Springer Mountain
In what part of Georgia would you find ridges, valleys, and mountains?
North Georgia
This is where the Appalachian Trail ends.
Maine
If a mountain rises 2,864 feet from base to top, that measurement is called its what?
Relief
Inland shoreline from prehistoric ocean
fall line
Why does southern Georgia have mostly flatlands, according to the passage and what physiographic region is this?
The ocean once covered the southern half and wore away most land formations.
Coastal Plain
Which mountain range includes Brasstown Bald?
Blue Ridge Mountains
Give one reason why elevation is important for plant life and crops (short answer).
Temperature and growing season change with elevation, affecting what plants and crops can grow.
What term describes how steep a landform is, and is measured in degrees from 0° (flat) to 90° (vertical)?
Slope
Water saturated layers of earth.
Aquifers
The fresh water and sea water mix here.
estuaries
The text says most of the southern half of the state has low relief and what kinds of slopes?
flat to gentle slopes
The time after the last frost and first frost and is important to Georgia farmers.
growing season
Stone Mountain rises over how many feet from the earth’s surface (approximate value given in the text)?
825 feet
Porous layer of earth between two dense layers.
Artesian aquifer
This is the physiographic region that is the most populated, Atlanta is found here, and is north of the Fall Line.
Piedmont
This is the smallest physiographic region in Georgia.
Appalachian Plateau.
Define “relief” using the example of Brasstown Bald from the passage (short answer).
Relief is the difference in elevation between base and peak; Brasstown Bald’s relief from base to top is 2,864 feet.