Hills & Mountains
T or F: Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world
What is "TRUE"? (at 29,032 feet)
(K2 is the 2nd highest mountain at 28,251 feet.)
The largest ocean in the world
What is "The Pacific Ocean"?
The leaf of this tree, is the flag of Canada
What is "the maple tree"?
This animal's sense of smell, is 40 times better than that of humans. Some of them have such a good sense of smell, that they can sniff out medical problems.
What is "the dog"?
The largest land animal in the world
What is the African elephant?
This 635 foot hill is located 10 miles from Boston and is a very popular hiking/outdoors area, consisting of many trails, live animals and the Trailside Museum. (We often go here, during non-pandemic times!)
What is "Blue Hills"?
The longest river in the United States
What is the "Mississippi River"?
Any tree used in the name of a street
What is "Elm Street"? Maple Street? Sycamore Street? Pine Street? Etc...
This animal's meow is a form of communication with humans only, not a way of communicating with members of their own species
What is "the cat"?
The world's largest wild cat
What is the "Amur tiger"? "Tiger"?
In this famous movie of the 1960s, Julie Andrews sang: "The hills are alive, with the ______ ___ ______."
What is "Sound of Music"?
The waterfall which straddles the international border between New York, USA and Ontario, Canada
What is Niagara Falls?
T or F: There are far more trees today in New Hampshire, than there were in 1850
What is "TRUE"? (in 1850, 85% of N.H. was farmland and 15% was woodland; today, 85% of N.H. is woodland and the rest of the land has been cleared for other purpose. Source: AMC Appalachian Mountain Club.)
This animal is responsible for planting millions of trees, worldwide
What is "the squirrel"?
The largest animal in the world
The most important piece of clothing/equipment, needed to climb a mountain
What are "shoes"?
The body of water that many British and Americans refer to as "The Pond"
What is "the Atlantic Ocean"?
This genus (type) of tree, are the biggest trees on the planet
What are "Giant Sequoias"? (A few rare giant sequoias have grown to over 300 feet)
In New England, the season to spot this slithering animal is April to October
What is "the snake"?
The largest species of bear
What is the "polar bear"?
The most frequently climbed mountain in New England, as well as one of the most frequently climbed mountains in the world
What is Mount Monadnock?
The three oceans which border the United States
What are the PACIFIC, the ATLANTIC and the ARTIC Oceans?
The world's most abundant tree (there are more of this type tree, than any type of tree in the world)
What is "the pine tree"?
In the Catholic Church, he is the patron saint of animals
Who is St. Francis of Assisi?
The largest primate species in the world
What is the "eastern gorilla"? "Gorilla"?