The Geography of Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania is located onThese large land areas.
These are called…
a.Statesb.Colonies
c.Hemispheresd.Continents
What are d. Continents?
1,2
What is the oldest mountain chain in The country?
a.Appalachian Mountainsb. Allegheny Mountains
c. Allegheny Frontd. Mount Davis
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
1,3
Why are Pennsylvania’s Waterways so important?
They make the state a center of transportation and business
1,4
What is NOT a source of waterPollution?
a.Household chemicalsb.Fertilizers
c. Industrial wasted.Exhaust from car engines
What is exhaust from car engines?
2,1
In which hemisphere is Pennsylvania located?
What is western and northern?
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What is the name of the eastern Slope of the Allegheny Plateau?
a.Allegheny Valleyb.Allegheny Ridgec.Allegheny Frontd.Allegheny Pass
What is the Allegheny Front?
2,3
Which natural resource is Commonly found in Monroe
County?
a.Oak treesb.Natural gasc.Sandstone
d.Coal
What is sandstone?
2,4
Rachel Carson mostly wrote About?
What is pesticides?
3,1
Which of these is NOT a Southern neighbor of Pennsylvania?
a.West Virginia b.Marylandc.New Yorkd. Delaware
What is New York?
3,2
Where are the Allegheny MountainsIn relation to the Allegheny Front?
a.Northb.Southc.Westd.East
Where is east?
3,3
Which natural resource is usedTo make cement?
What is Limestone?
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What is NOT affected by Pennsylvania’sclimate?
a. Location on Earthb. Distance from the equator
c. Elevationd. Natural resources
What are Natural resources?
4,1
Which state shares Pennsylvania’s western border?
a. New Jerseyb. Virginia
c. New Yorkd. Ohio
What is Ohio?
4,2
Which rivers are tributaries of theOhio River?
a.Delaware and Susquehannab.Allegheny and Monongahela
c.Susquehanna and Monongahelad.Allegheny and Delaware
What are Allegheny and the Monongahela?
4,3
Which of Pennsylvania’s naturalresources is used to make
Glass?
What is Sandstone?
4,4
Why can blueberries and Cranberries grow in
Pennsylvania?
A variety of habitats supports a variety of vegetation?
5,1
The 13 colonies look like an arch.Where is Pennsylvania located in the
Arch?
Where is at the center?
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What crosses the middle of Pennsylvania from the southwest to the
Northeast?
a. Lake Erieb. Great Lakes
c. Allegheny Mountainsd. Ohio River
What are the Allegheny Mountains?
5,3
In which area of PennsylvaniaDo hardwood trees grow?
a. Mountainsb. Valley and Lowlandsc. Marshes and forests
d. Rocky hillsides
What are Valleys and Lowlands?
5,4
Why should we conserve Renewable and nonrenewable
Resources?
We should conserve them because renewable resources take a long time to
make again. Nonrenewable resources can never be made replaced.
Discuss with your group why Pennsylvania is
known as the keystone state?
Discuss with your group…
How Pennsylvania’s rivers and lakes make the state a center of transportation and
business.
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