| A | B |
|---|
| Ohio, Susquehanna, & Delaware | Three PA River Systems |
| Monongohela, Allegheny | Tributaries of the Ohio River |
| West Branch, Juniata | Tributaries of the Susquehanna River |
| Lehigh and Schuylkill | Tributaries of the Delaware River |
| Lake Erie and Atlantic Coastal | Plains in NW and SE of PA |
| Pennsylvania | correct spelling of our state |
| Harrisburg | capital of PA |
| Pittsburgh | Called "Three Rivers City", located in Western PA |
| Philadelphia | largest city in PA located in SE PA |
| Susquehannock and Lenni lenape | Native American tribes that inhabited Eastern PA in the 1600's |
| It takes about six hours | driving distance between Philadelphia & Pittsburgh |
| St. Lawrence Seaway | Route ships can take from Lake Erie to the Atlantic |
| Appalachian Range | one of the oldest mountain chains in the world |
| Allegheny Mountains | highest elevation in PA, located west of Harrisburg |
| tributaries | rivers or streams that flow into a larger river |
| thousands of miles | rivers and streams that cross PA |
| SE region of PA | rich land good for farming |
| ridges | narrow chains of mts. found while driving west in PA |
| Lehigh Valley | region in which we live |
| Allegheny Plateau | area that covers more than half of our state |
| Ohio, WV, MD, DE, NJ, & NY | states that border PA |
| Piedmont Plateau | gently sloping hills and wide valleys just outside Phila. |
| forests, soil, water | renewable resources |
| renewable resources | natural resources in our environment that can be replaced |
| coal, oil, natural gas, minerals | non-renewable resources |
| non-renewable resources | resources available in limited suppy |
| conservation | careful use of our natural resources |
| air, soil, & water pollution | result of careless use of resources |
| people | our state's most valuable resource(s) |
| fuel | a non-renewable resource found in the ground & used to make heat or energy |
| environment | surroundings in which people, animals, or plants live |
| geography | study of earth & all the different things on it |
| hurricanes | violent storms with very strong winds & heavy rains |
| Pocono Mts. | located just north of the Lehigh Valley |
| between 40 N & 41 N | location of Lehigh Valley in latitude |
| between 75 W & 76 W | location of Lehigh Valley in longitude |
| economy | the way a state produces & uses natural resources |
| more than half of PA is covered in this | forests |
| recycling | a way that we can help conserve resources |
| rain, snow, sleet, or hail | forms of precipitation |
