This park is the oldest national park in the United States and includes parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.
What is Yellowstone National Park.
100
The __________ ______________ Lake is located in northern Utah and is the largest inland body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Great Salt Lake.
100
Rivers that are to the west of the Continental Divide flow into which ocean?
What is the Pacific Ocean.
100
The six states of the western region include Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, ________ and ____________.
What is Oregon and Washington.
100
What is the term that refers to a wet forest where many trees and plants grow closely together?
What is a rain forest.
200
A ______________ is a kind of hot spring that releases jets of steam and water. Old Faithful is the most famous one in the Yellowstone National Park.
What is a geyser.
200
This type of map shows the kind of plant life that grows throughout an area.
What is a vegetation map.
200
At above about 11,000 feet above sea level in the Rockies that are krummholz forests. These forests are full of trees that are twisted and bent. Why are the trees shaped this way?
What is to help them to survive the low temperatures and harsh winds.
200
Mountain ranges found in the west include the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada and ________.
What is the Coast Ranges.
200
This term describes the side of a mountain that is usually dry because precipitation falls on the other side.
What is a rain shadow.
300
The _________________ is an imaginary line that runs north to south along the peaks of the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Continental Divide.
300
_________ is the process of using high temperatures to separate pure metals from rock. This process is a method that was used in the 1800s and is still used today as well.
What is smelting.
300
Many people are worried about the loss of entire forests. They are concerned because tree are ____________ resources.
What is non-renewable.
300
________ are items added to soil to make it better for growing crops.
What is fertilizer.
400
People lived in the Mountain States for more than 1500 years. The Anasazi live in _________ Verde.
What is Mesa Verde.
400
The waste materials from mining are called _______. This material is skimmed off the top of the liquid that is formed by smelting.
What is slag.
400
Although the Rocky Mountains produces a wide variety of minerals, the most useful mineral found is __________?
What is copper.
400
What is the primary economic activity that takes place in California's Central Valley?
What is farming.
400
Liquid rock that pours from a volcano?
What is lava.
500
The _________ is the point above which it is too cold for trees to grow.
What is the timberline.
500
What is the type of mining that is bad for the environment?
What is open-pit mining.
500
How does elevation affect climate in the Rockies. When elevation increases, precipitation __________.
What is increases.
500
Where is the driest place in the United States? (Hint, national park).
What is Death Valley.
500
Mount Waialeale is the wettest place in the United States and is located in the West. What state is this mountain range located in?