Mountains
Name three of the landforms that you can find in the mountain region.
Mountains, valleys, lakes, caves, canyons, rivers, hills.
Name three of the landforms you can find in the Piedmont region.
Plateaus, rivers, waterfalls, mountains, hills, and lakes.
Inner and Outer
What is our capital city and which region is it in?
Raleigh and the Piedmont
The NC mountains are home to the youngest mountains in the US.
FALSE
Why is deforestation and major threat in the Piedmont? Why are humans cutting down the trees?
For farmland and/or expansion of urban areas.
What type of plant (that we've learned about previously) is native ONLY to the coastal plain?
Venus Flytrap
The coastal plain does not have which notable landform?
Mountains
Name one of the threats that the mountain environment of NC faces.
Wildfires, floods, loss of tourism, and urbanization
What does Piedmont mean in Italian?
Foothills
Which lighthouse has been moved twice due to erosion on the coast?
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Which region is the smallest region of NC?
The mountains.
The Cherokee
What is the name of the line that separates the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain?
The Fall Line
What is the nickname for the part of ocean off the coast of Cape Hatteras Island
The Graveyard of the Atlantic
Name one of the reasons why the line separating the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain is significant.
It literally falls/drops off into waterfalls.
It is the line between the hard earth of the Piedmont and the soft earth of the Coastal Plain.
What is the name of the line that separates the mountains and piedmont?
The Blue Ridge Front
What percentage of the Piedmont makes up North Carolina?
43%
Sand Hills and 300 meters
Name the three cities in the NC Triad.