Vocabulary
Natural Resources
Rivers
Climate
Borders
100
A boundary made by people (a straight line).
What is a political boundary?
100
Name four natural resources in Pennsylvania.
What are water, forests, soil, and minerals.
100
The river that creates a natural boundary on the east side of Pennsylvania.
What is the Delaware River?
100
The amount of heat given on a scale (Farenheit or Celcius).
What is temperature?
100
This state borders Pennsylvania to the North.
What is New York?
200
A boundary made by nature (rivers, lakes or mountains).
What is a natural boundary?
200
To preserve or protect a natural resource.
What is conserve?
200
This river branches off of the Delaware River in the eastern part of Pennsylvania.
What is the Schuylkill River?
200
The amount of moisture in the air.
What is humidity?
200
This state borders Pennsylvania to the west.
What is Ohio?
300
Something that is made by nature and is useful to humans.
What are natural resources?
300
Making sure the faucet is completely turned off when you are not using it is an example of conserving this natural resource of Pennsylvania.
What is water?
300
These two rivers branch off of the main branch of the Susquehanna River.
What are the Susquehanna West Branch River and the Juniata River?
300
Moisture that falls to the ground.
What is precipitation?
300
These two states border Pennsylvania to the south.
What are West Virginia and Maryland?
400
The weather a place has over a long period of time.
What is the climate?
400
Rotating the crops in a field from year to year is an example of conserving this natural resource of Pennsylvania.
What is soil?
400
The river that runs from the New York border to the Maryland border in the middle(ish) area of the state.
What is the Susquehanna River?
400
The weather a place has over a long period of time.
What is climate?
400
These two states border Pennsylvania to the east.
What are New Jersey and Delaware?
500
The way the air is at a given time and in a certain place.
What is weather?
500
Pick one of the natural resources of Pennsylvania (water, forests, soil, or minerals) and name two ways we use this natural resource.
Water... Soil... Forests... Minerals...
500
Name two of the three rivers on the western side of Pennsylvania.
What are the Allegheny River, the Monongahela River, and the Ohio River?
500
Describe the climate of Pennsylvania (Hint: think about the seasons).
What is mixed or varied?
500
The two natural boundaries of Pennsylvania.
What are Lake Erie and the Delaware River?
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