Regions of PA
Birds/Fish
Elk/Beaver
PA Watersheds
What's in a Name?
100

What region in PA's southeastern corner has rolling hills and soil that is high in nutrients?

What is the Piedmont region?

100

What is the PA state bird?

What is ruffed grouse?

100

What part of the beaver is considered valuable?

What is their fur?

100

How many watersheds are in PA?

What is six?

100

Which king gave land in America to William Penn?

Who is King Charles II?

200

What region contains Philadelphia?

What is the Atlantic Coastal Plain?

200

What is the term for birds that hunt animals?

What is raptor?

200

What do beaver ponds kill off?

What are hardwoods?

200

A watershed can control the quality of __________ that flows though the region.

What is water?

200

The king owed the Penn family a ___________.

What is debt?

300

Where region are the Appalachians located?

What is Ridge and Valley?

300

How many fish hatcheries are in PA?

What is 15?

300

What did Native Americans use elk "wapitis" fur to create?

What are bedding and clothers?

300

True or False:  PA waterways are the longest of any state.

What is False?

300

What year was the English colony of PA created?

What is 1681?

400

What natural process created the Allegheny Plateau?

What are Retreating Glaciers?

400

What fish is Pennsylvania's official state fish?

What is brook trout?

400

Name 2 things that an elk's diet includes.

What are flowering plants, grasses, twigs, and bushes?

400

PA has about ____________ miles of rivers and streams.

What is 85,000?

400

What is the meaning/translation of the name Pennsylvania?

What is "Penn's woodland?"

500

What region is a good habitat for elk?

What is the Allegheny Plateau?

500

True or False:  Fishing is a major economic resource in modern PA.

What is True?

500

True or False:  Beaver and elk were hunted by colonial Europeans?

What is True?

500

An area that drains into a body of water is a ____________.

What is watershed?

500

PA was established with a _________ __________ from King Charles II.

What is a Royal Charter?