Geography
What is geography?
What two maps did we learn about?
political and physical maps
What is a mountain?
a tall, rocky landform with steep sides.
What is a plateau?
a tall landform with a flat top. It has steep sides known as cliffs.
What is the difference between a lake and river?
A lake is surrounded by land on all sides and does not move.
A river starts at the highest point on land and flows down into a lake or ocean.
How many continents are in the world?
there are 7
What is a PHYSICAL map?
a map that shows physical features of the land such as mountains and water.
What is a peek?
How long can the top of a plateau be?
It can be many miles long
There is a set of 11 lakes in NYS. What is the name of it?
The Finger Lakes
North America
What is a POLITICAL map?
a map that shows boundaries of where places start and end.
What are two mountains in NYS?
What plateau can you find in NYS?
The Allegheny Plateau
What is the name of a river found in NYS that is named after an explorer?
The Hudson River
What country do we live in?
The United States of America
What are the 4 cardinal directions?
North, East, South, West
Where are the Adirondack and Appalachian mountains found in NYS?
Both mountains are found in the eastern part of the state.
What part of NYS can you find the Allegheny Plateau?
In the southern part of NYS but west of the Appalachian (Catskill) mountains.
Some answers can include:
transportation, electricity, farming, food, drinking water, swimming
What state and city do we live in?
State- New York State
City- Rochester
What is the difference between the equator and prime meridian?
Equator: cuts the world into the northern and southern hemispheres.
Prime meridian: cuts the world into the eastern and western hemispheres.
Why don't people live near mountains?
it is hard to build homes, grow crops, and travel.
True or False: Plant life grows well here and people live here.
False. Plant life does NOT grow well here and it is hard to build houses here.
BONUS:
can you the number of lakes there are in NYS?
Can you guess how many miles long all the rivers are in NYS?
there are about 7,600 lakes, ponds and reservoirs
There are over 70,000 miles of rivers and streams