What is conservation?

To protect the environment by using less resources.

What are three large cities in New York?

Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo

What is a natural resource?

Something from the Earth that people use for their needs.

What is a non-renewable resource?

A resource that cannot be replaced.

Name four intermediate directions on the compass rose.

northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest

The study of the Earth and the ways people use it.

What are landforms on Earth?

Plain, mountain, valley, river, lake, plateau,

What are two mountain ranges in New York State?

Adirondack and Catskill Mountains

What is a renewable resource?

A natural material that can be replaced

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1
Which Ocean borders New York?
The Indian Ocean
The Arctic
The Atlantic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
2
What is conservation?
To use as much of something that it no longer exists.
When animals sleep during the winter.
Talking to your friend.
To protect the environment by using less resources.
3
Which Country is New York located in?
North America
France
Canada
The United States
4
What are three large cities in New York?
Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo
Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco
Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville
Paris, London, and Rome
5
What is a natural resource?
Something from the Earth that people use for their needs.
Something you buy at a toy store.
A place hidden in the mountains.
Something made in a factory.
6
What helped to form the New York's landforms
glaciers
Dinosaurs
an earthquake
volcanic eruption
7
Which continent is New York located on?
The United States
North America
Africa
Europe
8
Name the four cardinal directions on a compass rose.
North, East, South and West
over, under, next to, beside
up, left, down, and right
9
What large waterfall is located in western New York.
Victoria Falls
Chittenango Falls
Buttermilk Falls
Niagara Falls
10
What is a non-renewable resource?
A resource that cannot be replaced.
A resource made in a factory.
The Sun
Wind
11
What Country borders New York?
Italy
Canada
Florida
Mexico
12
What two states border New York to the south?
Pennsylvania and New Jersey
California and Washington
Florida and Texas
Maine and New Hampshire
13
Name four intermediate directions on the compass rose.
over there, this way, that way, and here
left, right, forward, backward
northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest
diagonal, parallel, meridian, and equator
14
What is geography?
The study of animals.
The study of the ice age.
The study of the universe.
The study of the Earth and the ways people use it.
15
How were many of New York's lakes and rivers formed?
Earthquake
Native Americans dug them.
They were valleys that filled in after years of heavy rain.
They were carved by glaciers.
16
What are landforms on Earth?
horses, cows, chickens, and giraffes
Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Watertown
north, south, east, and west
Plain, mountain, valley, river, lake, plateau,
17
What is the capital of New York?
Buffalo
Albany
Rochester
Syracuse
18
What is the largest river in New York?
The Amazon River
The Nile River
The Hudson River
The Mississippi River
19
What are two mountain ranges in New York State?
Adirondack and Catskill Mountains
Himalayas and The Andes Mountains
Appalachian and Fugi Mountains
The Alps and The Rockies
20
Name two landforms found in New York State.
volcano and isthmus
mountain and river
deserts and canyons
gold and copper
21
What two Great Lakes border New York?
Lake Champlain and The Finger Lakes
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
Oneida Lake and Onondaga Lake
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior
22
What is a renewable resource?
A natural material that can be replaced
Oil
diamonds
Materials made in a factory

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