Geography
What is a Volcano?
An opening in the earth's surface out of which hot gases, ash, and lava may pour. p.376
Is the west climate all the same? True or False
False
What is a Earthquake?
A sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement and cracking of rock deep inside earth.p.376
Where mountains just thare in the west? True or Flase
Flase
What is the Continental Divide?
An imaginary line that runs north and south along the hightest points of the Rocky Mountains. Rivers flow west or east from this line.p.375
How did they find gold?
Workers were bilding a bilding when they found gold.
Are some of the mountains in the west volcanoes? True or Flase
True
What is Lava?
Hot, melted rock that comes from a volcano. p.376
Whare was the gold rush?
California
Is death Valley the country's lowest land? True or Flase
True
What is a timberline?
On a mountion, the elevation above wich the temperaturs are too low for trees to grow. p.377
When was the gold rush?
1848
How do people in the West use and protect
they make dams to save water. The government conorols ecosystem.
Do rivers on the east flow toward the Pacific? True or False
False