Maryland Geography
The western part of the state that has mountains, a cooler climate, and rocky soil.
What is the Appalachian region?
Name ONE county in Maryland that produces poultry and eggs.
What is Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Caroline County, Talbot County, Dorchester County, Wicomico County, Worcester County, Somerset County, or Washington County?
The number 1 commodity in Maryland.
What are broiler chickens?
The use of land for growing crops or raising livestocks.
What is agriculture?
Name an organism that can be raised on a fish farm or through aquaculture in Maryland.
What is tilapia, striped bass, trout, oysters, or soft crabs?
The county in Maryland where vegetables, nursery/greenhouse, and corn can be found. It is also the county Kettering Elementary School is located in.
What is Prince George's County?
These two types of corn are grown in Maryland.
What are sweet corn and field corn?
Dairy cows can produce this much milk a day.
What is 60 pounds or 7 gallons of milk?
A chicken raised to produce meat.
What is a broiler chicken?
A laying hen requires this amount of time to produce an egg.
What is 24-26 hours?
The central part of Maryland that has a more moderate climate and rich and fertile soil.
What is the Piedmont Plateau?
Name a county in Maryland where other crops and hay is one of its top commodities.
What is Garrett County, Allegany County, or Anne Arundel County?
This commodity can be used in products such as deodorant, bubble gum, baseballs but we mostly enjoy them in our burgers.
What is cattle/beef?
Another name for a pig or hog.
What is a swine?
It takes the energy from ____ leaves to produce one apple.
What is 50?
The Eastern and Western Shores of the state on either side of the Chesapeake Bay.
What is the Atlantic Coastal Plain?
This crop can be used to make oil, crayons, ink, bio-diesel fuel, and candles.
What are soy beans?
Diapers, pet litter, toothpaste, and golf tees can be made from this Maryland commodity.
What is corn?
Breeding, raising, and harvesting of plants and animals in water environments.
What is aquaculture?
This fruit can have over 200 seeds on its outside.
What is a strawberry?
Reef balls are placed at the bottom of this body of water in Maryland to create artificial reefs where baby oysters can grow.
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
This is the name of the liquid produced from corn that is added to gasoline to reduce harmful emissions.
What is ethanol?
Chickens feed on these two Maryland commodities.
What are corn and soybeans?
This practice is used by farmers to replenish soil nutrients, conserve soil, and control disease and pests without chemicals.
What is crop rotation?
In this Maryland program, waterfront property owners grow young oysters in cages suspended off their private piers.
What is Marylanders Grow Oysters?