Scaling Seneca Rock and Spruce Knob


    1.  Spruce Knob is 4,862 feet above sea level. Round the elevation off to the nearest thousand.________

    2.  Round the elevation of Spruce Knob off  to the nearest hundred.____________

    3.  Spruce Knob is the highest point in West Virginia. Harpers Ferry, at 240 feet, is the lowest. What is
          the difference between these two elevations?_______________

    4.  Spruce Knob and Seneca Rock are located in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region of West Virginia.
          This region covers 20% of the state, or 1/5.  How much of our land is outside this region?________

    5.  The area of our state is 24,282 square miles. 1/5 of this area is in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley
          Region.  What is the area in square miles of the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Region?____________

    6.  The highest peak in New England is Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, at 6,288 feet. The highest peak
          in the Appalachian system is Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina, at 6,684 feet. Spruce Knob is 4,862 feet.
          Draw a graph that shows the height of these three mountains.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

    7.  Hawks Nest is 585 feet above sea level. Seneca Rock is over 900 feet. If a rock climber can climb 50 feet in
         15 minutes, how long will it take her to climb Hawks Nest?____________________________

    8.  How long will it take the same climber in #7 to climb Seneca Rock?__________________________