Exploring PA
What is North America?
These are materials found in nature that people can use
What are natural resources?
This is the weather pattern in a place over a long period of time
What is Climate?
This lake is one of the five great lakes
What is Lake Erie?
This woman supervised the planting of a Native American garden in Allentown, PA
Who is Carla Messinger?
Pennsylvania's nickname comes from its location. It is located in the middle and acts like a stone at the top of an arch that holds the other stones in place. This is called a _________.
What is Keystone?
Our state has huge deposits of coal, oil, and natural gas, which are considered
What are fossil fuels?
These trees grow in valleys and lowlands
This mountain reaches 3,213 feet into the air and is located in the Allegheny Mountains
What is Mount Davis?
This astronaut saw PA from his trips to space in a shuttle
Who is Guion Bluford, Jr.?
This is a natural feature on Earth's surface
What are landforms?
What is pollution?
Salamanders can be found in
What is the Allegheny Plateau?
This river flows through central PA and is close to Harrisburg
What is the Susquehanna River?
This female scientist wrote about how pesticides, or chemicals, were killing off the plant life in PA
Who is Rachel Carson?
These mountains form a kind of spine throughout PA
What are the Allegheny Mountains?
PA's mineral wealth comes from
What are sandstone and limestone?
John Bartram planted the first botanical garden here
What is Philadelphia?
This river forms the state's eastern border and serves as a major shipping route
What is the Delaware River?
This farmer spent most of his time studying plants in PA and other parts of North America
Who is John Bartram?
This is a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river
What are tributaries?
A _______ is a resource that cannot be replaced
What is nonrenewable resource?
PA's location on the Earth affects its climate. What other factor affects the climate?
These waterways link PA to the rest of the world: the Allegheny, Delaware, Monongahela,
What are the Ohio River and Lake Erie?
This famous groundhog lets everyone know how many more weeks of winter we are going to have on February 2nd
Who is Punxsutawney Phil?