Water Resources
Soil and Forests
Plants & Animals
Rocks and Minerals
I feel lucky!
100
This natural resource is the most important to Virginia's fishing and agriculture industries.
What is water?
100
This natural resource in Virginia makes many other industries possible.
What is soil?
100
A cow is an example of this kind of animal.
What is domesticated?
100
This natural resource is mined in the Appalachian Plateau and is used for the heating industry.
What is coal?
100
An example is coal because it is not replaceable once it's removed.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
200

This river receives runoff from land in Culpeper County before reaching the Chesapeake Bay.

What is the Rappahannock River?

200
Examples are state and national parks and forests, historical landmarks, etc.
What are public lands?
200
True or False. Domesticated animals are hunted.
What is "False"?
200
Limestone, granite, sand, gravel and coal are examples.
What are minerals found in Virginia?
200
These type of resources are ones that come from the Earth.
What are "natural" resources?
300
Most of the rivers and streams in Virginia drain into this watershed.
What is the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?
300
Examples are apples, tobacco, and soybeans.
What are crops grown in Virginia?
300
True or False. The agricultural industry relies only on domesticated plants and animals.
What is "True."
300
The increasing population and the growing needs of the Virginia people make this difficult.
What is conserving land and mineral resources?
300
The watershed is where all the river systems of Southwestern VA flow into.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
400
This natural or artificial lake uses a large tank for collecting and storing water.
What is a reservoir?
400
Trees can be planted, and replanted, which makes them a special kind of natural resource. This is called a ____________________resource.
What is renewable?
400
Plants or animals used for food, pleasure, or other needs.
What are domesticated plants and animals?
400
Where you can see beautiful limestone formations in Virginia.
What is Luray Caverns?
400
This natural resource is collected and flows beneath the Earth's surface.
What is groundwater?
500
This is agricultural activity can be extremely harmful to the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
What is receiving runoff from farmers' fields?
500
From sandy in the Coastal Plain, to rich and dark in the Piedmont, to rocky in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and shallow in the Valley and Ridge.
What is "how does the soil change in Virginia?"
500
Animals found living in their natural environments.
What are wild animals?
500
The most important mineral in Virginia.
What is Coal?
500
This natural resource provides habitats for plants and animals, as well as oxygen through the process of photosynthesis.
What are forests?
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