The Geography of Pennsylvania
Ch. 1
Location
Features
Resources
Misc.
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What are d. Continents?
Pennsylvania is located on
These large land areas.
These are called…
a. States
b.Colonies
c. Hemispheres
d. Continents
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What are the Appalachian Mountains?
What is the oldest mountain chain in
The country?
a. Appalachian Mountains
b. Allegheny Mountains
c. Allegheny Front
d. Mount Davis
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They make the state a center of transportation
and business
Why are Pennsylvania’s
Waterways so important?
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What is exhaust from car engines?
What is NOT a source of water
Pollution?
a. Household chemicals
b. Fertilizers
c. Industrial waste
d. Exhaust from car engines
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What is western and northern?
In which hemisphere is
Pennsylvania located?
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What is the Allegheny Front?
What is the name of the eastern
Slope of the Allegheny Plateau?
a. Allegheny Valley
b.Allegheny Ridge
c. Allegheny Front
d. Allegheny Pass
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What is sandstone?
Which natural resource is
Commonly found in Monroe
County?
a. Oak trees
b.Natural gas
c. Sandstone
d. Coal
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What is pesticides?
Rachel Carson mostly wrote
About?
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What is New York?
Which of these is NOT a
Southern neighbor of Pennsylvania?
a. West Virginia
b.Maryland
c. New York
d. Delaware
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Where is east?
Where are the Allegheny Mountains
In relation to the Allegheny Front?
a. North
b.South
c. West
d. East
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What is Limestone?
Which natural resource is used
To make cement?
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What are Natural resources?
What is NOT affected by Pennsylvania’s
climate?
a. Location on Earth
b. Distance from the equator
c. Elevation
d. Natural resources
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What is Ohio?
Which state shares
Pennsylvania’s western border?
a. New Jersey
b. Virginia
c. New York
d. Ohio
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What are Allegheny and the Monongahela?
Which rivers are tributaries of the
Ohio River?
a. Delaware and Susquehanna
b.Allegheny and Monongahela
c. Susquehanna and Monongahela
d. Allegheny and Delaware
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What is Sandstone?
Which of Pennsylvania’s natural
resources is used to make
Glass?
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A variety of habitats supports a variety of
vegetation?
Why can blueberries and
Cranberries grow in
Pennsylvania?
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Where is at the center?
The 13 colonies look like an arch.
Where is Pennsylvania located in the
Arch?
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What are the Allegheny Mountains?
What crosses the middle of
Pennsylvania from the southwest to the
Northeast?
a. Lake Erie
b. Great Lakes
c. Allegheny Mountains
d. Ohio River
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What are Valleys and Lowlands?
In which area of Pennsylvania
Do hardwood trees grow?
a. Mountains
b. Valley and Lowlands
c. Marshes and forests
d. Rocky hillsides
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We should conserve them because renewable
resources take a long time to make again.
Nonrenewable resources can never be made
replaced.
Why should we conserve
Renewable and nonrenewable
Resources?
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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.