Geography
What country do we live in?
United States of America
A slow moving sheet of ice that created the mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers of NY
What are natural resources?
Things found in nature and are useful to people
What country borders NY in the North?
The water, land, and air that surrounds us.
What continent do we live on?
North America
What is a landform?
A natural feature of Earth's surface
Things that can easily be replaced
Apples, Fish, Cows
What city do we live in?
Ogdensburg
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Climate -- weather of a place over a long period of time
Weather -- daily
Western (and Northern)
What two Great Lakes border New York State?
Lake Ontario
What are nonrenewable resources?
Oil
Coal
What state do we live in?
New York State
What county do we live in?
St. Lawrence
What does a geographer do?
A geographer studies geography. They ask questions about where people live, why they live there, and how they use the land around them.
List some rivers in NYS. (at least 2)
Hudson
Mohawk
St. Lawrence
Niagara
Examples of flow resources.
Sunlight, Wind, Water
What river is between the US and Canada ?
St. Lawrence River
The climate of an area depends on what three things?
Distance from the equator
The elevation of the land
Distance from a large body of water
What region is New York State in?
North Eastern Region of the USA
What are two mountain ranges in NYS?
The Adirondacks
The Catskills
What are flow resources?
Resources that can only be used in when and where they were/are found.
What state borders NY to the East?
Vermont
What does economy mean?
The way people buy and sell goods/services