State Symbols
On the Map
Weather
Landforms
Water
100

New York's State flower

Rose

100

Lines that run north and south between the poles

Lines of Longitude

100

storm that combines heavy snow with high winds

blizzard

100

huge slow-moving masses of ice

glaciers

100

area of low, flat land next to an ocean

coastal plain

200

New York's State animal

Beaver

200

Lines that run east to west

Lines of Latitude

200

times of little or no rain

drought
200

high, level land areas

plateau

200

a human-made lake that stores water held back by a dam ex. Stillwater

reservior

300

New York's State food

Apple

300

imaginary line that divides Earth into two hemispheres

Equator

300

storm that has heavy rains and winds

hurricane

300

a group of connected mountains

mountain range

300

narrow body of water between a mainland and an island

sound

400

New York's State bird

Eastern Bluebird

400

largest land areas

continent

400

water that falls to Earth’s surface (ex. Rain, sleet, snow, hail)

precipitation

400

A branch of a river that flows into a larger river

tributary

400

body of water where ships can dock

harbor

500

New York's State fish

Brook Trout

500

way to divide the Earth in half

Hemisphere

500

weather a place has most often, year after year      

climate

500

oval-shaped hills

drumlins

500

body of fresh water (lake, river) that mixes with salt water (ocean)

estuary