Niagra Falls
Finger Lakes
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100
Between which two Great Lakes is Niagara Falls located?
Lakes Erie and Ontario
100
What is the largest lake of the Finger Lakes
Lake Seneca
100
How do many families in the Chesapeake Bay area make a living?
Harvesting the sea
100
Part of a sea or lake that cuts into the coastline
What is a bay
100
An area of soft, wet, spongy ground.
What is a bog
200
Which is NOT a reason why Niagara Falls is important to the Northeast?
The falls make the autumn leaves turn beautiful colors.
200
Why do grapes grow well in the Finger Lakes Region?
Warm air surrounding the Finger Lakes creates the right conditions for the grape's long growing season.
200
What are the people who fish Chesapeake Bay called?
Watermen
200
A place where stone is dug, cut or blasted out for use in building.
What is a quarry
200
A huge sheet of ice that covers land
What is a glacier
300
What is produced by hydropower plants on the Niagara River?
Hydroelectricity
300
Name one way that water is essential to the growth of cranberries
Freezes and protects plants; protects against insects/disease; air pockets cause cranberries to rise.
300
How does soil around Chesapeake Bay get polluted?
Some factories dump waste onto the land.
300
A deep narrow valley, usually with a stream or river.
What is a gorge
300
Liguid that circulates through a plant carrying water and food.
What is sap
400
Which mountain range does not make up part of the Appalachian Mountains?
Rocky Mountains
400
Name a key step in the maple syrup production
Sap is empties into a large barrell; a hole is drilled into the tree and a spout is placed in the hole; Sap is boiled
400
How does polluted soil get into Chesapeake Bay?
Rain and snow wash the soil into rivers that drain into the bay.
400
Narrow opening in a coastline
What is an inlet
400
A piece of land almost surrounded by water, or extending far out into the water
What is a peninsula
500
Which of these Northeast states does not share a border with the Atlantic Ocean?
Pennsylvania
500
Why does it take many hours to make maple syrup?
About 40 gallons of sap are needed to produce one gallon of syrup
500
What is one way in which people have tried to help save the bay?
Creating the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to educate people about the environment.
500
Material found in the earth that was never alive.
What is a mineral.
500
Power that is produced by capturing the energy of flowing water.
What is hydropower
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