Landforms
What rock makes up Mount Rushmore?
Granite
This mountain range stretches from Canada to New Mexico and is said to be part of the Andes Mountains. What mountain range is it?
Rocky Mountains
This river passes through 7 states: New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, California, and Nevada. Name it.
Colorado River
Which lake is the warmest and shallowest of all the Great Lakes?
Lake Erie
Which national park has the largest concentration of wildlife?
Yellowstone National Park
What causes the "smoke" of the Smoky Mountains?
Plants (gases emitted from the plants)
This landform is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. Name it.
The Grand Canyon
The longest river in the United States is ____.
The Missouri River
Which Great Lake contains 10% of the world's surface fresh water?
Lake Superior
This lake was the first of the Great Lakes to be discovered by European explorers.
Lake Huron
This park crosses three states.
Yellowstone National Park
How tall are the President's faces of Mount Rushmore?
60 feet high
What river starts in Minnesota and ends in the Gulf of Mexico?
Mississippi River
Which Great Lake has sand dunes, some 450 feet above sea level?
Lake Michigan
This USA place is one of the seven Natural Wonders of the World.
The Grand Canyon
What is the name of the largest national park in the lower 48 states?
Death Valley
The French named these mountains. To which range do they refer?
The Rocky Mountains (Montagnes de Roche)
The Rocky Mountains were named after a Native American saying related to the Algonquian language. They referred to the mountains as: “When seen from across the prairies, they looked like a rocky mass.”
What is the second deepest lake in the USA?
What is THE deepest lake?
Lake Tahoe
Crater Lake in Oregon formed by a collapsed volcano
It has the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes, extending almost 4,000 miles, and home to 30,000 islands. Name it!
Lake Huron
What is a terminal lake?
A lake that has no known streams, rivers, or other outlets. It is its own contained body of water.
This mountain range includes: The Great Smoky Mountains, the Blue Ridge Mountains, Green Mountains, White Mountains, Longfellow Mountains, and the Berkshires
Appalachian Mountains - these mountains stretch from eastern Canada to Alabama
What is THE highest mountain in the United States?
Mount McKinley (Denali), Alaska
Which river is an international border?
Rio Grande
This Great Lake has more than 100 beaches?
Lake Ontario
Name the presidents on Mount Rushmore.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln