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Beautiful NE
Resources
Plentiful Sea
The Land
Energy
100
The oldest chain of mountains in North America
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
100
Grapes, cranberries, maple syrup (sap), minerals
What are 4 important resources found in the Northeast?
100
part of a sea or lake that cuts into a coastline
What is a bay?
100
Overfishing
What is a reason that fish and shellfish populations have become smaller?
100
power that is produced by capturing the energy of flowing water
What is hydropower?
200
Green Mountains, Black Mountains, & Catskill Mountains
What are 3 mountain ranges that are part of the Appalachian Mountains?
200
the liquid that circulates through a plant carrying food and water
What is sap?
200
a narrow opening in a coastline
What is an inlet?
200
Factories dump waste products on land and then the rain and snow carries the wastes into the water. This causes _____.
What is pollution?
200
electricity produced by water
What is hydroelectricity?
300
They were created by melting glaciers in the Northeast.
What are the Great Lakes and Niagara Gorge?
300
the place where grapevines are planted
What is a vineyard?
300
a person who fishes the sea
What is a waterman?
300
a huge sheet of ice that covers land
What is a glacier?
300
Cape Cod is one of the most well-known areas in the world for this
What is fishing?
400
Pennsylvania and Vermont
What are the only two NE states that do not border the Atlantic Ocean?
400
Vermont
What state is the leading producer of maple syrup in the United States?
400
a large wire cage with several sections
What is a crab pot?
400
a deep, narrow valley, usually with a stream or river
What is a gorge?
400
The warm air around the lake helps created the right conditions.
Why do grapes grow so well in the Northeast?
500
One of the natural wonders of North America
What is Niagara Falls?
500
the place where stone is dug, cut or blasted out for use in building
What is a quarry?
500
Great Shellfish Bay
What does the Native American word Chesepiook mean?
500
a piece of land almost surrounded by water, or extending far out into the water
What is a peninsula?
500
It provides power to most of the state of New York?
What is Niagara Falls and River?