Natural Resouces
Virginia has many natural resources. List 6 of them.
What is minerals, plants, animals, water, soil and land
A large body of water, surrounded by land on three sides and has a wide mouth connecting it or to an ocean. Provide an example of a bay.
Ex. Chesapeake Bay
Coal, limestone and basalt are examples of
Minerals, Ores and Rocks
What is Virginia's state flower and tree
dogwood
What watershed is near the Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Natural resources are resources found in nature that are usefully. Solar energy is energy that is harnessed from the ______
What is sun.
A large body of water surrounded by land. Provide three examples
Ex: Lake Anna or Smith Mountain Lake or Lake Drummond
What does minerals mean
Solid materials that come from the ground.
Forests are an important widespread natural resource in Virginia. Forest that grows naturally, without humans planting trees are______ and a forest that has been planted by humans are ___________.
What is natural forests and cultivated forest.
What is a watershed?
A watershed is an area over which surface water flows to a single collection point.
What are examples of the natural resources
What is Solar, Wind, Hydropower, Geothermal, Biomass.
A larger, natural stream of water that flows in a certain path to a lake, sea, or other body of water. Provide Virginia's four rivers
Ex: Rappahannock River, Potomac River, York River, James River
What minerals does Virginia have
coal and quartz
Virginia has arable land (farmland). Arable land gives us:
Arable land gives us:
- peanuts for peanut butter or peanut oil
-tobacco for tobacco products
-apples for applesauce, apple cider, or apple pie
- cotton for cloth to make clothing
Arable land also gives us a place to raise: poultry (chickens, turkeys) for food
The three major regional watershed systems in Virginia lead to the
Chesapeake Bay, the North Carolina sounds, and the Gulf of America (Mexico).
Wind is considered a natural resource that is renewable. Wind energy is produced by wind ____ that Uses the motion of the blades generates electricity.
What is turbines
A very large body of salt water
Ex. Atlantic Ocean
Virginia has many natural resources that have specific purposes in everyday life for Virginian's. Example's are
What is building materials and fuel sources such as minerals, rocks, and ores.
Aggregates (rock and sand) are used in making what?
What is roads, concrete, and glass
The Chesapeake Bay watershed covers what percent of Virginia's land area.
50%
Virginia has many natural resources that are used for construction materials and roads. What are they?
What is gravel is used for construction materials for roads and wood is used for building houses and buildings
What are water resources.
sources of food, transportation, recreation and water for farming.
Question: Which mineral mined in Virginia is the strongest?
A student is conducting an investigation about Virginia minerals. According to the question shown, which is most likely the independent variable in the investigation.
What independent variable is type minerals
They also provide building materials like
lumber and fuel
The water from the western regions of Virginia eventually flows into