Student Worksheet: Franconia Notch Video

Name: __________________________________________
 
 

Circle the word that means the same as the first word.
1. Notch gap pass trail cave valley
2. Flume trail boardwalk gorge cliff river

Circle each activity that you can do when you visit Franconia State Park.
rock climb hike camp hunt swim
fish shop at the mall take pictures ski bike
paint rest

Circle what you can see when you visit Franconia State Park.

wild animals airport wild flowers  tourists lakes
a school  a rock face a cable car a church

Fill in the correct numbers as you hear them on the film.
1.  The Old Man of the Mountain Profile is __________ feet above the valley.

2. The White Mountains are ________________million years old.

3. The Ice Age happened _________________thousand years ago.

4. Most of the grand hotels were built in the (check one) __1600s __1700s__1800s  __1900s

5. The Aerial Tramway can carry ____________passengers.

6. The main form of transportation to the mountains from Boston and other cities was by train _________ years ago.

Circle all of the words that tell how Franconia Notch was formed.
volcanic action  bulldozers water action wind action 
earthquakes  frost and ice action sun forest fires
gravity

Write yes or no in the blank before the sentence.
1.  _____The White Mountains are older than the Rockies in the western U.S., the Alps in Europe, and the Himalayas (including Mount Everest) in Asia.

2. _____The bedrock under most of the state of New Hampshire is granite.

3. _____Franconia Notch is still changing.

4. _____People are responsible for a lot of the damage which is done to the park.

Circle each one as you see it or hear about it on the film.
Cannon Mountain  the Flume Pemigewassett River  Profile Lake
 the Basin Eagle Cliffs Mt. Lafayette  Maine, Vermont, NY 
aerial tramway

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