The Land of New York
What is a landform?
What is shapes that make up the surface of Earth.
What is one of the first transportation routes in New York?
Hudson River
What is temperature
What is measures how hot or cold the air is.
What is geography?
What is the study of Earth
The______ is a waterway that has been used for thousands of years.
The Hudson River
Name three types of landforms found in New York
What is Mountains, Hills, Plains, Plateau
What river is the largest tributary in NY?
What are the two parts of climate?
Temperature and Precipitation
What is the Ice Age
What is period of very cold weather.
____ and ______ are two key parts of climate.
Temperature and precipitation are two key parts of climate.
Name three states that border NY
What is, Vermont, NJ, Mass, Conn, Pennsylvania
What is the difference between the mouth of a river and its source?
What is the mouth is where a river ends and the source is where a river starts.
What is weather?
What is the condition of the air at a certain place and time. Weather affects how we live day to day.
What is Glacier?
What is thick sheet of ice
As you move away from the ______ the climate is colder.
What is equator
How was NY's landforms created. BE SPECIFIC
Moving glaciers and melted glaciers created holes, rounded hills and filled in holes.
What are 2 bodies of water in New York?
What is Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Champlain, Hudson River, Niagara River, Finger Lakes
What is Climate?
What is Temperature?
What is measures how hot or cold the air is.
Many of New York's landforms were formed by ______
What happened during the Ice Age?
What is s huge glacier moved across most of New York and formed our landforms.
How is the Hudson River like a highway?
What is transportation routes used for thousands of years. The river is deep enough to allow large ships to sail up.
What affects climate?
-Distance from the equator
-elevation- how high something is
-distance from large bodies of water
What is transportation?
The Mohawk River is a tributary of the _____
What is Hudson River