Science
What covers most of the Earth?
Water
True/False: Most of the Earth's water can't be used for drinking or farming without being treated.
True
What is gravity?
is a force that pulls objects towards each other
Puritans and religion
Who was William Penn and what did he believe in?
he was quaker leader
believed in tolerance and peaceful relations, promoted fair treatment of Native Americans.
What is the %'s of freshwater distribution in a. glaciers/ice caps b. underground/groundwater and c. lakes/rivers/streams?
a. 69%
b.30%
c. 1%
Freshwater is distributed within 3 ways. Name them
1. frozen glaciers and ice caps
2. underground or groundwater
3. lakes, rivers and streams
True/False: The more mass an object has the weaker it's gravity?
False...the stronger the gravity.
True/False: The puritans believed that communities should be built around religion and moral behavior?
True
John Smith helped what town survive?
Jamestown which was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
How much of the Earth's surface is covered in salt water?
about 97%
What is a reservoir? and Name 3 sources
Sources: oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, ice caps, groundwater, atmosphere.
everything would float away.
William Penn, founded what state?
Pennsylvania
True/False: Early settlers in Virginia faced disease, hunger and conflicts with Native Americans?
True
Ocean
How much of the Earth's surface is covered in Freshwater?
about 3%
What is the difference between mass and weight?
mass is the amount of matter in an object
weight is the force of gravity pulling an object
Within Pennsylvania what city became one of the largest and most successful colonial city?
Philadelphia.
What was the major cash crop in South Carolina? Hint there are 2
Rice and indigo
about 71%
Why is ocean water salty?
Due to weathering ...rocks break down causing minerals and salts for the rocks to be carried by the rivers to the oceans.
What was indigo and what was it used for in South Carolina?
It was a plant used to make blue dye and it was valuable to Great Britian for clothing and uniforms.
True/False: Plantations were small farms?
False: they were large farms that grows cash crops.