This document contains a quiz about physical geography, climate, agriculture, and natural resources of the western United States. It includes multiple choice questions about the Rocky Mountains, volcanoes, climate zones, agriculture, fishing, and forestry of states in the West. Key regions and industries addressed include the Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, California, Alaska, Hawaii, farming of fruits/vegetables/potatoes/livestock, and timber/fishing.

1. The Land of the West
Note: For the test you will be asked to
label the eleven states of the West so
start studying them
Alaska
Hawaii

2. Which of the following describes
the Rocky Mountains?
 a. system of mountains with very little
wildlife and few trees
 b. small chain of mountains located in the
eastern United States
 c. largest system of mountains in the
United States
 d. old, low mountains located in a desert
region

3. How are volcanoes similar to
geysers?
 A. They are caused by heated
groundwater that rises to the surface.
 b. Both can be seen at Yellowstone.
 c. Both are heated by magma and erupt.
 d. They erupt every 45 to 110 minutes.

4. How are the Rockies like some of the
other mountain ranges in the United
States?
 a. They are 350 miles wide and run over
3,000 miles in length.
 b. They have a peak in the east called Pikes
Peak.
 c. They share the Continental Divide.
 d. They have high, rugged mountains with
many peaks.

5. Which is NOT a mountain range
that is located in the West?
 A. Cascade Range
 b. Sierra Nevada
 c. Olympic Mountains
 d. Appalachian Mountains

6. Which of the following mountain
ranges does NOT have a volcano?
 a. Sierra Nevada
 b. Cascade Range
 c. Aleutian Range
 d. Mount Kilauea

7. Which western state has very cold
winter temperatures?
 A. Alaska
 b. California
 c. Hawaii
 d. Nevada

8. How is the climate of Hawaii
similar to the climate of California?
 A. It rains less in Hawaii than in
California.
 b. It is colder in Hawaii and California
than in most states.
 c. Hawaii and California have frigid
winter temperatures.
 d. Temperatures in parts of California
and Hawaii rarely drop below freezing.

9. Which of the following describes
the climate in the Great Basin?
 A. hot, sunny, and rainy
 b. cold, cloudy, and snowy
 c. hot, sunny, and dry
 d. mild, cloudy, and rainy

10. In which state is the wettest place
on Earth located?
 A Hawaii
 b. Oregon
 c. Alaska
 d. Utah

11. Which side of the Cascade Range
receives more rain as a result of the
rain shadow?
 A. eastern
 b. northern
 c. southern
 d. western

12. Which state of the West produces
the widest variety of fruits,
vegetables, and nuts?
 A. California
 b. Colorado
 c. Wyoming
 d. Alaska

13. Which western state is the biggest
producer of potatoes in the United
States?
 A. Idaho
 b. Washington
 c. Colorado
 d. New Mexico

14. Which of these western states
includes fish as a major source of
income?
 A. Idaho
 b. Montana
 c. Hawaii
 d. Nevada

15. How are Alaska and Hawaii alike?
 A. They both mainly grow plants in
greenhouses.
 b. They both have cold, snowy climates.
 c. They both have major fishing industries.
 d. They are both producers of tropical
flowers.

16. Which is a product provided by the
timber industry from which people
benefit?
 A wheat
 b. flounder
 c. potatoes
 d. paper

17. Animal raised on farms and ranches
are called
 A. food
 b. pets
 c. livestock
 d. frigid

18. This is a form of molten rock that
rises and flows on the Earth’s
surface
 A. lava
 b. magma
 c. tundra
 d. frigid

19. A type of hot spring that erupts,
shooting hot water into the air
 A. volcano
 b. geyser
 c. magma
 d. tundra

20. A cold, flat area where trees cannot
grow
 A. tundra
 b. greenhouse
 c. rain shadow
 d. volcano

21. A mountain with an opening through
which ash, gas, and lava are forced.
 A. geyser
 b. magma
 c. volcano
 d. lava

22. A place on a mountain above which
no trees can grow
 A. reforest
 b. tundra
 c. volcano
 d. timber line

23. An enclosed structure that allows
light to enter and keeps heat and
moisture from escaping
 A rain shadow
 b. greenhouse
 c. white house
 d. garden

24. This is another word for very cold
 A. frigid
 b. tundra
 c. lukewarm
 d. bbbbbrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

25. This is the process of planting new
trees to replace those that have
been cut down.
 A. reforest
 b. rain forest
 c. deforest
 d. timber line

26. This is the condition of dryness that
occurs on the eastern side of high
coastal mountains
 A. tundra
 b. frigid
 c. rain shadow
 d. desert

27. This is a large mass of molten rock
within the ground that provides heat
for geysers and hot springs
 A magma
 b. lava
 c. concrete
 d. volcano

28. How are rivers on the east side of
the Continental Divide different from
those on the west side?
 Rivers on the east side of the Continental
Divide flow toward the east into the Atlantic
Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. Those on the
west side flow west toward the Pacific Ocean.

29. What is the timber line, and how
does it affect where animals
live?
 The timber line is the place above which no
trees can grow because temperatures are
too cold. Much of this area is covered with
snow year-round. Some animals cannot live
above the timber line because there is not
enough food, and it is too cold for them.

30. List three products created, grown, or
raised in the West in each of these
categories: Vegetables, Fruit, Livestock,
Fish, Timber.
 Vegetables: broccoli, potatoes, sugarbeets;
 Fruit: apples, grapes, strawberries;
 Livestock: cattle (beef), sheep, pigs (pork);
 Fish: salmon, swordfish, tuna, cod;
 Timber: houses, furniture, paper