US Mountain Ranges Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which mountain chain is known for volcanic peaks extending from northern California through Oregon and Washington?
The Klamath Mountains
The Cascade Range
The Pacific Coast Ranges
The Sierra Nevada
2. Which comparison between the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains is accurate?
The Rockies are generally older and more heavily eroded than the Appalachians.
Both systems formed during the same mountain-building events.
The Appalachians are generally older and more heavily eroded than the Rockies.
The Appalachians are a young volcanic chain, while the Rockies are not.
3. Which isolated mountain range rises mainly in western South Dakota and extends into northeastern Wyoming?
The Black Hills
The Uinta Mountains
The Bitterroot Range
The Bighorn Mountains
4. A traveler in California's Central Valley looks east toward a high, continuous wall of granite peaks. Which range is the traveler viewing?
The Transverse Ranges
The Sierra Nevada
The Coast Ranges
The Klamath Mountains
5. A climber planning an expedition to Denali would travel to which mountain range?
The Brooks Range
The Chugach Mountains
The Alaska Range
The Aleutian Range
6. Moist Pacific air drops much of its precipitation before reaching the dry Great Basin to the east. Which range creates the most prominent rain shadow along this route through California?
The Wasatch Range
The Coast Ranges
The Sierra Nevada
The Blue Mountains
7. Which mountain system stretches through much of the western United States from New Mexico north toward Canada?
The Adirondack Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains
The Ozark Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
8. The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of which larger mountain system?
The Ouachita Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains
The Interior Highlands
The Rocky Mountains
9. Which range forms much of California's mountainous eastern edge and includes Mount Whitney?
The Sierra Nevada
The Cascade Range
The Coast Ranges
The Rocky Mountains
10. The Great Smoky Mountains belong to which larger mountain system?
The Rocky Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains
The Cascade Range
The Alaska Range
11. Researchers crossing northern Alaska travel through mountains between the Arctic coastal region and the state's interior. Which range are they most likely crossing?
The Kenai Mountains
The Alaska Range
The Wrangell Mountains
The Brooks Range
12. A hiker visiting New Hampshire's Presidential Range is exploring a subrange of which mountains?
The White Mountains
The Green Mountains
The Adirondack Mountains
The Catskill Mountains
13. From Denver, the prominent mountains directly to the west belong to which subdivision of the Rockies?
The Front Range
The Bitterroot Range
The Teton Range
The Absaroka Range
14. Salt Lake City sits immediately west of which major Utah mountain range?
The Uinta Mountains
The Ruby Mountains
The Wasatch Range
The Teton Range
15. A road trip follows a high mountain chain from south-central Colorado into northern New Mexico, near peaks including Blanca Peak and Wheeler Peak. Which range does the route follow?
The San Juan Mountains
The Uinta Mountains
The Sacramento Mountains
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains
16. Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier are both part of which mountain range?
The Olympic Mountains
The Coast Mountains
The Sierra Nevada
The Cascade Range