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What is the state fruit?
Apple
What is the study of Earth and the ways people, plants, and animals use it?
Geography
What is something that is found in nature that people can use?
Natural Resource
France
What county do we live in?
Warren County
What is the state tree?
Sugar Maple
How many continents are there and what are they?
7
North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica
A characteristic that NY is known for is
the moutains
What is New York's nickname?
The Empire State
What is the highest mountain in NYS?
Mount Marcy (5,344 ft)
What is the state flower?
A rose
North America
What is one of the most famous waterfalls in NY?
Niagara Falls
NYC
What is the largest lake in NYS?
Oneida Lake
What is the state beverage?
Milk
What are the natural features on Earth's surface called?
Landforms
How many Great Lakes are there in NYS?
5
When was NYS admitted to the union?
Month and year!
July, 1788
How many counties are there in NYS?
62
What is the state freshwater fish?
Brook Trout
About 20,000 years ago, most of the northern United States was covered in giant sheets of ice called
Glaciers
What two rivers are close to us?
Schroon River and Hudson River
How many "high peaks" are there?
46
What is the longest river in NYS?
The Hudson