1. 200 300 400 500 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Vocabulary Soil/Water Resources Mineral Resources Vegetation/ Animal Habitat 100

2. A place where stone is cut or blasted out of the ground is called a ____________.

3. Quarry

4. What is a habitat?

5. A habitat is a place where animals find food and shelter.

6. What is something found in nature that people can use called?

7. Natural Resources

8. Anything that makes a natural resource dirty or unsafe to use is called ____________.

9. Pollution

10. What type of tree has wide, flat leaves that change color in the fall and then fall off?

11. Broadleaf Trees

12. What do we call the material added to our soil to help make the plants grow?

13. Fertilizer

14. What do we call something that is old, made by people long ago, and used by people long ago?

15. Artifacts

16. What is it called when there is not enough rain for a long period of time?

17. Drought

18. The people who live in an area make up the area’s _______________________.

19. Human Resources

20. __________ resources include the riches and wealth that people own.

21. Capital

22. ___________ used to be the state’s most important crop, but over time, it has become less important.

23. Tobacco

24. North Carolina leads the country in the production of which crop?

25. Sweet Potatoes

26. _______________ is one of the state’s oldest business activities.

27. Commercial Fishing

28. Describe the soil in the Mountain Region of our state.

29. The soil in the Mountain Region has a grey-brown color and contains a lot of rock.

30. We eat a great deal of fish in this state. Besides for food, what else is fish used for?

31. Fish is also used for animal feed, oil, fish meal, and fertilizer.

32. What are the two most common rock resources in our state?

33. Sand and gravel

34. The majority of the 300 kinds of rocks and minerals that our state has are found where in N.C.?

35. Western part of the state

36. What is North Carolina’s official gemstone and what color is it?

37. The official state gemstone is an emerald and it’s green.

38. Name three things that red clay from the Piedmont Region is used for.

39. Red clay is used to make bricks, sewer pipes, and roof tiles.

40. Name the four most important minerals in the state.

41. Lithium, Mica, Feldspar, and Olivine

42. _______________ are North Carolina’s second largest manufacturing industry.

43. Forest Products

44. What are the three things that most of the state’s wood is used to make?

45. Furniture, Paper, and Lumber Products

46. What are the two main differences between broadleaf trees and needleleaf trees?

47. Broadleaf trees lose their leaves in the fall and have wide, flat leaves. Needleleaf trees stay green all year long and have thin, sharp needlelike leaves.

48. Name at least 4 products that are made from trees.

49. Some of the products made from trees include: glue, crayons, football helmets, soft drinks, soap, gum, and shampoo.

50. Explain how animal habitats can be damaged or destroyed, and then explain what happens to the animals as a result of this.

51. Animal habitats can be destroyed or damaged due to large amounts of building, pollution, etc. Usually once an animal’s habitat is damaged or destroyed, the animal becomes extinct or endangered.