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?__________________________