State Symbols
New York's State flower
Rose
Lines that run north and south between the poles
Lines of Longitude
storm that combines heavy snow with high winds
blizzard
huge slow-moving masses of ice
glaciers
area of low, flat land next to an ocean
coastal plain
New York's State animal
Beaver
Lines that run east to west
Lines of Latitude
times of little or no rain
high, level land areas
plateau
a human-made lake that stores water held back by a dam ex. Stillwater
reservior
New York's State food
Apple
imaginary line that divides Earth into two hemispheres
Equator
storm that has heavy rains and winds
hurricane
a group of connected mountains
mountain range
narrow body of water between a mainland and an island
sound
New York's State bird
Eastern Bluebird
largest land areas
continent
water that falls to Earth’s surface (ex. Rain, sleet, snow, hail)
precipitation
A branch of a river that flows into a larger river
tributary
body of water where ships can dock
harbor
New York's State fish
Brook Trout
way to divide the Earth in half
Hemisphere
weather a place has most often, year after year
climate
oval-shaped hills
drumlins
body of fresh water (lake, river) that mixes with salt water (ocean)
estuary