Unit 1 Review Will the Winner Loose? Miss Bowen 4 th Grade Social Studies

Question On which continent is Pennsylvania located?

Answer On which continent is Pennsylvania located? North America

Question In which country is Pennsylvania located?

Answer In which country is Pennsylvania located? The United States of America

Question In which region is Pennsylvania located?

Answer In which region is Pennsylvania located? Northeast or Mid-Atlantic Region

Question Identify the piece of land. Region, State, Country, or Continent?

Answer Identify the piece of land. Continent Contains more than one country

Question Identify the piece of land. Region, State, Country, or Continent?

Answer Identify the piece of land. Country These 50 states make up The United States of America, our country.

Question Identify the piece of land. Region, State, Country, or Continent?

Answer Identify the piece of land. Region This region is made up of different states the SHARE A COMMON FEATURE.

Question Identify the surrounding states.

Answer Identify the surrounding states.

Question Compared to the other 50 states, how big is Pennsylvania?

Answer Compared to the other 50 states, how big is Pennsylvania? Pennsylvania is the 33 rd largest state (there are 32 states that are larger than Pennsylvania).

Question How does Pennsylvania compare to the other 50 states in terms of population?

Answer How does Pennsylvania compare to the other 50 states in terms of population? Pennsylvania has the 5 th largest population.

Question What is population density?

Answer What is population density? the amount of people who live in a certain area.

Question Comparing mountainous/ rural areas to cities, which has a higher population density? What does that mean?

Answer Comparing mountainous/ rural areas to cities, which has a higher population density? What does that mean? Cities have a higher population density. That means that cities have more people living in a smaller space.

Question Describe the climate in Pennsylvania.

Answer Describe the climate in Pennsylvania. The climate in Pennsylvania changes over four seasons, winter, spring, summer, and fall, with the winter and summer months being the most extreme in temperature.

Question How are weather and climate different?

Answer How are weather and climate different? Weather is what we see and feel each day. Climate is the average weather over a long period of time.

Question What is a plain?

Answer What is a plain? An area of low flat land

Question What is a plateau?

Answer What is a plateau? flat land that is higher than the surrounding areas

Question Which water forms can be found in Pennsylvania?

Answer Which water forms can be found in Pennsylvania? Lakes, Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams, and Creeks We do not have direct access to an Ocean, although the Delaware River meets with the Atlantic Ocean.

Question What is a reservoir?

Answer What is a reservoir? a large natural or artificial lake used as a water supply.

Question What is the state animal?

Answer What is the state animal? The white tailed deer

Question What is the state bird?

Answer What is the state bird? The ruffed grouse

Question What is folding?

Answer What is folding? when rocks and soil push against each other to create a raised part of land

Question What is faulting?

Answer What is faulting? When there is a crack in a raised portion of land that causes a divide between the two elevated areas

Question What is erosion?

Answer What is erosion? wearing away of soil and land (largely due to water and wind)

Question What is weathering?

Answer What is weathering? Water freezes in the cracks of our land. The land breaks into smaller pieces and is carried to other places when the water melts.

Question What are glaciers?

Answer What are glaciers? thin ice sheets that slowly move across the earth’s surface

Question Label the Regions of Pennsylvania