Beauty of the Northeast
Resources of the Northeast
The Plentiful Sea
A or B
Random Awesomeness!
100
Between these two lakes Niagara Falls is found.
What are Lake Erie and Lake Ontario?
100
This lake is the LARGEST finger lake.
What is LAKE SENECA?
100
This is the way many families in Chesapeake Bay make a living.
What is HARVESTING the SEA?
100
The Northeast's beautiful fall colors are due to A) Niagara Falls B) Climate, Change of Season and Local Flora and Fauna
B! Climate, Change of Season and Local Flora and Fauna NIAGARA FALLS have NOTHING to do with CHANGING FOLIAGE
100
You will travel to this TOWN of this STATE to celebrate this delectable SWEET STUFF that is made from this TREE's sap at this CELEBRATION!
What is ST.ALBANS, VERMONT to celebrate MAPLE SYRUP from the MAPLE TREE at the VERMONT MAPLE FESTIVAL?
200
The hydropower plants on the Niagara River create this form of electricity.
What is hydroelectricity?
200
This condition of the Finger Lakes is the reason why grapes grow well in the area.
What is the WARM air surrounding the Finger Lakes creating the right conditions for a LONG growing season?
200
The people who fish the Chesapeake Bay are called this name.
Who are WATERMEN?
200
Which way is NOT NOT NOT essential to Cranberry growth in the Northeast? A) Cranberry plants are placed 600 feet deep in one of the Finger Lakes B)In Winter, water freezes over and protects the plants
A) Cranberry plants are placed 600 feet deep in one of the Finger Lakes Cranberry plants are NOT NOT NOT placed 600 feet deep in one of the Finger Lakes
200
You will pass through this many states, and hike atleast this many miles if you hike the entire Appalachian Trail.
What is 14 states and over 2,000 miles? (2,160 miles)
300
These THREE Northeastern mountain ranges are part of the Appalachian Mountain Range.
What are the WHITE, GREEN, and CATSKILL mountains?
300
These three steps are critical in MAPLE SYRUP production.
What are 1. A hole is drilled into a Maple tree and a spout is placed 2. Sap is emptied into a barrel and brough to a Sugar House 3. Sap is boiled until water is evaporated, leaving pure syrup behind
300
This is the critical way the SOIL around Chesapeake becomes polluted.
What is FACTORIES dumping WASTE onto the LAND?
300
Maple Syrup production takes many hours because... A)Sap must be refrigerated for several days before is ready to be boiled into it's pure state B)About 40 gallons of sap produces one gallon of maple syrup
B)About 40 gallons of sap produces ONE gallon of maple syrup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
300
WRITE BULLET POINTS: If YOU were a member of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation what are some ways you could HELP solve the environmental crisis occuring? (atleast 3 effective solutions)
I could device a plan with some of the following ideas: 1. EDUCATION (to children and others) about the environment and pollution crisis 2. Advocate for limits to STOP OVERFISHING 3. Start petitions to create and enforce rules for FACTORIES and WASTE DUMPING 4. What are some more?
400
These two Northeast states are the ONLY ones of the region to NOT touch the Atlantic Coast.
What are PENNSYLVANIA and VERMONT?
400
This resource made of minerals is found in the Supreme Court Building and was found in a quarry from this state.
What is GRANITE from the state of VERMONT?
400
This is how the water of Chesapeake Bay becomes polluted from the soil.
What is the process of SNOW and RAIN washing pollutants into the water?
400
Aside from CRANBERRIES, GRAPES, MAPLE SYRUP, SEA FOOD, COAL and DAIRY the Northeast also provides us with these valuable resources: A) Redwood TIMBER B) MINERALS that produce materials important to building like GRANITE and MARBLE
What is B) MINERALS that produce materials important to building like GRANITE and MARBLE! In fact, New Hampshire is called the GRANITE STATE
400
This famous Northeast Ice Cream Company takes advantage of it's state's recources of MAPLE SYRUP, DAIRY FARMS, and very cool HUMAN RESOURCES (HIPPIES!!!). *clue: Miss Miller was once a tour guide of the factory and recieved 3 free pints of Cherry Garcia a day!
What is Ben and Jerry's of Vermont?
500
These are several important similarities of the Green and White mountains.
What are heavy snowfall, ski and snowboard resorts, Appalachian/Northeastern location?
500
These three steps prepare a cranberry bog.
What are: 1. CLEAR and LEVEL SWAMPY LAND. 2. COVER with SAND for GOOD DRAINAGE. 3. PRESS new CRANBERRY PLANTS into the sand in the BOGS.
500
This is an important way that people have come together to HELP the Chesapeake Bay.
What is forming the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to EDUCATE people about the ENVIRONMENT?
500
Besides CHESAPEAKE BAY these are two other important bays in the Northeast: A) DELAWARE BAY and MASSACHUSETTS BAY B) SHARK BAY and the IMPORTANT NORTHEASTERN BAY OF BEAUTY
What is A) DELAWARE BAY and MASSACHUSETTS BAY
500
Name one ski/snowboard resort (and the state it is located in) that exemplifies the resources of the GREEN Mountians: HEAVY SNOWFALL, beautiful EVERGREENS, and beauty that awed the first European settlers. *extra 500 points for the resort that Jake Burton (of Burton Snowboards) lives and Miss Miller was once a pro snowboarder at
What is *Stowe, Vermont? or Killington, Smugglers Notch, Okemo, Stratton, Mad River Glen or any other VERMONT resort. BUT it must be a VERMONT resort to be of the GREEN MOUNTAINS
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