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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

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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?

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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?

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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.