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What is the name of the only natural lake in West Virginia?
Trout Pond
Is change to the environment always a bad thing?
No
What county is Stonewall Jackson Lake found in?
Lewis County
What is used to measure distance North and South of the equator?
Latitude
_____________ location describes precisely where something is.
Absolutely
West Virginia's western border is made up of what?
Rivers
Which geographic feature in WV has the greatest impact on weather?
mountains
Blackwater Falls is in what county?
Tucker
How many major river systems does WV have?
7
What kind of climate does WV have?
humid continental
What is the largest city in West Virginia?
Charleston
What hang like icicles from the roof of a cave?
Stalactites
Grapevine Cave changed its name to what?
Lost World Caverns
What refers to the day-to-day conditions and changes in the atmosphere?
Weather
What is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river?
tributary
What are thing that no longer exist called?
extinct
What refers to the average weather of a place over a long period of time?
Climate
What is the only river system in our state that drains to the East?
Potomac
What deals with physical features such as plateaus and mountains?
topography
Lines of ___________ measure distance East or West of the Prime Meridian.
longitude
Which theme of geography deals with the effects of creating dams on rivers?
human/environmental interaction
Which theme of geography deals with the declining population due to loss of jobs?
movement
Which theme of geography deals with the fact that WV's lumber is in demand?
human/environmental interaction
Which theme of geography is concerned with average temperatures?
place
Explain how human/environmental interaction can be both damaging and beneficial.
Damaging - Center around pollution, erosion, and upsetting the balance of nature
Beneficial - Dams and floodwalls save land from floods. Dams create lakes for recreation