1. NY State Geography & Resources Review

2. Water, soil, and lumber are all types of ___________ resources because they can be replaced. Answer: renewable

3. Name at least 3 jobs created from New York’s natural resources. Answer: park rangers, dock workers, clerks, captains, water plant workers, stone cutters, road builders

4. What is the soil and rocks dropped by a glacier called? Answer: till

5. A line of low hills formed by rocks pushed at the front of a glacier is called? Answer: a moraine

6. What is smoothly rounded hills formed by a melting glacier called? Answer: drumlin

7. What is the end of the river called? Answer: mouth

8. What is the condition of the air at a certain time and place called? Answer: weather

9. What is the pattern of weather, of a place, over many years called? Answer: climate

10. Name 3 states that border NY. Answer: Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

11. Why are glaciers important to NY state? Answer: helped form our state’s landforms

12. Why our state’s waterways important? Answer: provide jobs; transportation