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The Beautiful Northeast
The Plentiful Sea
Vocabulary
Questions
100
This is the largest lake in the Fingure Lakes
What is Lake Seneca
100
This is located between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
What is Niagara Falls
100
Ways families in the Chesapeake Bay are making a living
What is by harvesting the sea
100
a deep, narrow valley
What is gorge
100
How does the coastline of the Northeast change from Maine to New Jersey?
It begins in Maine as rugged, rocky cliffs and then becomes, sandy beaches in New Jersey.
200
Warm air surrounds the lake and makes the right conditions for this
What is growing grapes
200
Tourism and Electricity
What are reasons why Niagara Falls is important to the Northeast
200
People who fish the Chesapeake Bay
Who are Watermen
200
soft, wet, spongy ground
What is a bog
200
Describe 3 important geographic features of the Northeast
Appalachian range, Niagara Falls, Chesapeake Bay
300
In the fall, air pockets cause these to rise when they are flooded.
What are cranberries
300
A piece of land almost surrounded by water
What is peninsula
300
Reason why the soil around the bay became polluted
What is factories dumped waste onto the land
300
a sheet of ice that covers land
What is a glacier
300
What are some foods that are grown or produced in the Northeast region?
Grapes, Cranberries, maple syrup, blue crabs, oysters, fish, shellfish
400
True or False - Sap is easy to flow only when the temperature drops below freezing.
What is False
400
Acadia National Park
What is the first National Park east of the Mississippi River
400
Rail and snow washed this into rivers and it polluted the water
What is soil
400
liquid in a plant that carries water and food
What is sap
400
Where is Shark Bay located?
Australia
500
40 gallons of sap equals
What is equals one gallon of maple syrup
500
White, Green, Catskills
What are mountain ranges in the Appalachain Mountains
500
This is a way to educate people to save the bay
What is The Chesapeake Bay Foundation
500
electricity produced by water
What is hydroelectricity
500
How many states are there in the Northeast Region?
11
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