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The longest mountain chain on earth

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Cordilleran chain

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“The backbone of North America”

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The Rockies

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“The roof of America” (hint: (state) (r__ki_s)

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Colorado Rockies

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Highest peak in the Rockies (hint: located in Colorado)

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Mt. Elbert

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Highest point of a mountain range

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Summit

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What are the meanings of flora and fauna?

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Flora - the plants of a specific region
Fauna - the animals of a specific region

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What are ponderosa pines prized for?

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Their fine lumber

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Above the snow line,little grows except for delicate flowers,but what else covers the ground?

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Snow and ice

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A stretch of high land that divides the river systems of a continent

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Continental divide

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North America’s divide is so big,it’s called…

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The Great Divide

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What are begging points for rivers? (Hint: from up to down,where does your body begin?)

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Headwaters

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12
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What does arid mean?

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Dry

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The river that flows through the Grand Canyon?

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Colorado River

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The largest river flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America (hint: if we’re singing our Canadian song,what’s the first province? Look at the second word of that province)

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Columbia River

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The oldest national park in the world

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Yellowstone

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More than (how many?) active geysers are Yellowstone

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200

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A hot spring is a spring in which the water is above (how much degrees?) Fahrenheit

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98 degrees Fahrenheit

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What is a geyser?

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A hot spring that shoots out boiling water and steam.

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What is the most famous geyser?

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Old Faithful

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20
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When does Old Faithful erupt?

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Every 80 mins or so

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Why has Old Faithful declined in its frequency of erupting?

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An earthquake changed its pattern in 1998

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The world’s largest geyser

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Steamboat Geyser

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The largest high altitude lake in North America (hint: named after the most famous national park)

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Yellowstone Lake

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The wild sheep of North America

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Bighorn

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Female bighorns

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Ewes

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What are rams?

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Male bighorns

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27
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What do male bighorns have?

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Thick curling horns

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What’s the difference between between grazing and browsing?

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Grazing is eating grass,and browsing is eating shrubs and other things.

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What part of a mountain goat helps them climb effortlessly?

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Their hooves

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Most widely distributed carnivorous animal in the New World which is called by many different names.

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Mountain lion

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How many names is the mountain lion called by?

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4

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Which animal’s scientific name is Ursa horribilis?

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Grizzly bear

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What does the grizzly bear’s scientific name mean?

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Horrible bear

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Egg-shaped member of the hares sometimes called a cony or whistling hare

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Pika

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The fat little farmer of the mountain slopes

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Pika

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The bird that makes its nest behind a waterfall,also known as a dipper

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Water ouzel

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What does the water ouzel do to protect its feathers?

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It’s oil glands produce an oily ‘raincoat’

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Largest lava plateau

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Columbia Plateau

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Which river runs through the deepest canyon in the U.S. ? (Hint:it’s named after the animal a river looks like)

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Snake river

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How many regions is the North American desert split up into?

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5

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The largest desert area in the U.S. which also has a plant with a sweet smell and a bitter taste

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Great Basin Desert

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What is a sagebrush?

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A plant with a sweet smell and a bitter taste

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What’s the longest living tree?

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Bristlecone pine

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What name was given to the oldest known living tree?

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Methuselah

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Largest SALTwater lake in North America

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Great Salt Lake

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What desert is near the Great Salt Lake noted for its hard salt beds?

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Great Salt Lake Desert

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What are mesas?

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Flat-topped hills

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The largest canyon

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Grand Canyon

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Deepest canyon in the U.S.

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Hells Canyon

50
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Colorado River flows through what canyon?

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Grand Canyon

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What (mostly) formed the Grand Canyon? (Hint:water)

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The Great Flood

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What Indians lived in the Grand Canyon?

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Pueblo Indians

53
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What did the name of Havasupai Indians mean?

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People of the blue-green water

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Why does the Painted Desert sometimes glow?

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A purple or pink dust rises from the desert

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The two Indians that lived in the Painted Desert that used the colorful sand to make famous paintings

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Navajo and Hopi

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The largest and points colorful petrified forest in the world

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Petrified Forest National Park

57
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What’s the other spelling of Mojave? (Hint: one letter difference)

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Mohave

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What are salt flats also called?

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Dry lake beds

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The hottest and driest part of North America

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Death valley

60
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The highest point in the US outside of Alaska

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Mount Whitney

61
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Where did the highest temperature recorded in the US occur?

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In death valley

62
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The largest cactus in the world

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Saguaro cactus

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What is the Chihuahuan Desert famous for?

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The breeding center for the Chihuahua

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The worlds most spectacular limestone caverns (hint: you’ve been there)

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Carlsbad caverns

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What is the Chihuahua desert known for besides its breeding center?

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Huge dunes of dazzling, white sands

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What are the two things plants and animals have to cope with in the desert?

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Lack of water and extreme heat

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The cacti that got named because it looked like a storing unit

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Barrel cacti

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Most widespread cactus (hint: named after a fruit)

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Prickly pear

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What time do most desert animals come out at?

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Night

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One of only two poisonous lizards in the world (hint: named after the thing that hides under your bed)

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Gila monster

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The horned toad is an actual toad! (T or F and why)

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False, it’s a lizard

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The most abundant animals of the desert (hint: inside joke)

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Rodents

73
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What part of the antelope jack rabbit’s body is used as a cooling system?

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It’s ears

74
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What is bats doodoo called? (Hint: sounds Spanish.)

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Guano

75
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The largest land bird in North America

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California condor

76
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Home of the tallest trees in North America

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Intermountain region

77
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Sometimes called the Gooneybird, this bird has the greatest wingspan of any bird (hint: usually seen on beaches)

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Wandering albatross

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