Transcript Jeopardy review game-natural resources

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Soil/Water
Resources
Mineral Resources
Vegetation/
Animal Habitat
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Our region located in the center of the
state with rolling hills is the
____________.
Piedmont
What is a habitat?
A habitat is a place
where animals find
food and shelter.
What is something found in
nature that people can use
called?
Natural
Resources
Anything that makes a natural
resource dirty or unsafe to use is
called ____________.
Pollution
What region would you find in the western
part of our state?
Mountain Region
What do we call the region
located nearest the ocean?
The Coastal Plain
Our state gemstone is the
_________________________
emerald
Our center for state
government is _____
Raleigh
Our state capital is found in the
_________________ region.
Piedmont
__________ resources
include things we find in
nature like trees, stone,
and animals.
Natural
___________ used to be the state’s
most important crop, but over
time, it has become less
important because it is
dangerous for our health.
Tobacco
North Carolina leads the
country in the production
of which vegetable crop?
Sweet Potatoes
North Carolina is located
in the _____________
US.
Southeastern
Describe the soil in the
Mountain Region of our state.
The soil in the Mountain
Region has a grey-brown
color and contains a lot of
rock.
We eat a great deal of fish in this
state. What region would you find
the most of it?
Coastal Plain
What are two important
uses for rocks in our state?
Gravel for
roads and
stone for
building
The majority of the 300
kinds of rocks and minerals
that our state has are found
where in N.C.?
Western
part of
the state
What is North Carolina’s
official stone and what is
something it could be used
for to help the economy?
The official state
stone is granite,
and it can be used
for countertops.
This brings money
to the Mountain
Region.
Name two things that red clay
from the Piedmont Region is
used for.
Red clay is used
to make bricks
and pottery .
Name the state reptile.
Eastern Box
Turtle
The ________ is our state
tree, and it can be used to
make ___________ and
_________________.
Tree, paper,
and furniture
What are the three things
that most of the state’s
wood is used to make?
Furniture,
Paper, and
Lumber
Products
What are the two main
differences between
broadleaf trees and
needleleaf trees?
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.
The state nickname is the
_______________.
Tarheels
Explain an example of how
natural resources are used
to help our state economy.
We use natural resources
like apples to sell and
make apple pies or apple
sauce. The money helps
our state grow!