Name ________________________________________________________ Period __________
Virgina Province Worksheet:
______1. The name of Virginia's highest mountain is
a) Mount Rogers.
b) Old Rag Mountain.
c) Flat Top.
d) Whitetop Mountain
______2. Virginia's highest mountain is located in the ___.
a) Appalachian Plateau Province
b) Valley & Ridge Province
c) Piedmont Province
d) Blue Ridge Province
______3. Slate, kyanite, gold and pyrite are profitable resources for the ___.
a) Appalachian Plateau Province
b) Valley & Ridge Province
c) Coastal Plain Province
d) Piedmont Province
______4. Which province has economically important resources of sand, gravel and clay?
a) Piedmont Province
b) Blue Ridge Province
c) Valley & Ridge Province
d) Coastal Plain Province
______5. Which province is rich in coal, natural gas and petroleum resources?
a) Blue Ridge Province
b) Appalachian Plateau Province
c) Valley & Ridge Province
d) Coastal Plain Province
______6. The ___ has most ridges composed of resistant sandstone and valleys underlain with less resistant shale, limestone and dolostone
a) Coastal Plain Province
b) Piedmont Province
c) Valley & Ridge Province
d) Blue Ridge Province
______7. The Fall Line separates these provinces
a) Valley & Ridge Province and Blue Ridge Province
b) Piedmont Province and Coastal Plain Province
c) Coastal Plain Province and Blue Ridge Province
d) Appalachian Plateau Province and Valley & Ridge
______8. Which province has gentle rolling hills and valleys and means foot of the hill?
a) Piedmont Province
b) Valley & Ridge Province
c) Appalachian Plateau Province
d) Blue Ridge Province
______9. Which physiographic province of Virginia is generally flat, has a terraced landscape, and contains sand, gravel and clay as some economically important minerals?
a) Appalachian Plateau
b) Coastal Plain
c) Piedmont
d) Blue Ridge
______10 . Which physiographic province of Virginia is associated with Karst (caves, sinkholes, streams disappearing underground, limestone) topography?
a) Valley and Ridge
b) Piedmont
c) Blue Ridge
d) Coastal Plain
______11. Which physiographic province in Virginia is rich in mineral resources such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas?
a) Coastal Plain
b) Blue Ridge
c) Appalachian Plateau
d) Valley and Ridge
______12. Which physiographic province in Virginia contains Virginia’s highest mountain (Mount Rogers)?
a) Blue Ridge
b) Valley and Ridge
c.) Appalachian Plateau
d) Coastal Plain
13. Name the five Provinces of Virginia in the map above:
1. _____________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________________
14. What is a watershed? __________________________________________________________
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15. What watershed do we live in? ________________________________________________________
16. What is the State Fossil of Virginia? ____________________________________________________
17. What is the the Chesapeake Bay impact crater, and what is its significance? ____________________
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