Coastal Plain includes a flat region of sedimentary strata layers

•Pied = Foot, Mont = hill/mountain Piedmont means “____________________”

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  It is an area of rolling ___________ underlain by ancient igneous and metamorphic rock (underneath)
  
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  It is the ___________________ of the provinces
  

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  The Piedmont has one of the worlds largest _______________ mines (used for electronics)
  

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  It is a high ___________ __________________the Piedmont from the Valley and Ridge province
  

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  The 1.2 billion year old igneous and metamorphic rocks are the __________________ in the state.
  

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  Highest point in Virginia is in the ______________________(Mount Rogers, Grayson County)
  

1. Which province, that has already been described, is known for having layers of fossils?_____________

2. Which province is the largest?______________________

3. Which province has the oldest rocks?________________________

4. Which province has slate and kyanite mines? _______________________________

5. What river feature is often found where a river crosses the fall line? ______________________

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  An area of long parallel _______________ & __________________ underlain by ancient folded and faulted sedimentary rocks (550 – 300 my old)
  
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  Cambrian Period __________ _______________ are found in the Valley & Ridge Province, which means that this area was once a _________________ ________.
  
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  ___________________outcrops are common in the Valley and Ridge Province.
  
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  This area is also famous for________________ topography.
  
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  ____________ is an irregular limestone region with sinkholes, caves, underground streams, and caverns.
  

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  The Appalachian Plateau has rugged, irregular topography with deep narrow _____________ and steep, rugged __________________ sides caused by the down cutting (erosion) of rivers and _______________.
  
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  It is underlain by ancient, flat-lying _____________________rocks.
  

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  Most of Virginia's __________________ is found in the Appalachian Plateau and is mined for energy.
  

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  These old ____________________ rocks contain many _______________ and tons of ___________.