Physical Characteristics of US

What is the largest freshwater lake in the world?

• Great Salt Lake

• Lake Superior

• Crater Lake

• Lake Winnebago

Created by the Colorado River, which landform can be seen from space?

• Death Valley

• Great Salt Lake

• Grand Canyon

• Lake Winnebago

Groups of mountains with similar direction are called

• Mountain family

• Mountain community

• Mountain range

• River valley

Area of land drained by a river system

• Mountain range

• Plains

• River drain

• River valley

Relatively flat land that has little change in elevation

• Basin

• Plains

• Peninsula

• River valley

The largest mountain range in North America

• Appalachian Mountains

• Cascade Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Smoky Mountains

The longest river in the US

• Missouri River

• Rio Grande

• Colorado River

• Mississippi River

What unique physical feature helped Europeans settle in America?

• Great Salt Lake

• Grand Canyon

• Rocky Mountains

• Chesapeake Bay

The largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere

• Lake Superior

• Lake Winnebago

• Great Salt Lake

• Gulf of Mexico

The Kettle Moraines in our area were formed by

• Plate Tectonics

• Glaciers moving through the area

• Volcanic activity

• magic