Test 11/5/15

Question 1

Rhode Island

Answer 1

Providence

Question 2

Pennsylvania

Answer 2

Harrisburg

Question 3

New York

Answer 3

Albany

Question 4

New Jersey

Answer 4

Trenton

Question 5

New Hampshire

Answer 5

Concord

Question 6

Massachusetts

Answer 6

Boston

Question 7

Maryland

Answer 7

Annapolis

Question 8

Maine

Answer 8

Augusta

Question 9

Delaware

Answer 9

Dover

Question 10

Connecticut

Answer 10

Hartford

Question 11

Nation’s capital?

Answer 11

Washington D.C.

Question 12

Niagara Falls is located between ____________ and ____________, two of the five Great Lakes.

Answer 12

Lake Ontario & Lake Erie

Question 13

Today, hydropower plants on the Niagara River take in water through power tunnels to produce ___________ for millions of people.

Answer 13

hydroelectricity

Question 14

The Appalachian Mountain Range is made up of several smaller ranges. The three main Northeast ranges are the ________________ in New Hampshire, the ______________ in Vermont, and the _____________in New York.

Answer 14

White Mountains
Green Mountains
Catskill Mountains

Question 15

All but two of the Northeast states - __________ and __________ - share their borders with the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 15

Pennsylvania & Vermont

Question 16

__________, the largest of the Finger Lakes, is over 600 feet deep and never freezes.

Answer 16

Lake Seneca

Question 17

Why do grapes grow well in the Finger Lakes region?

Answer 17

The warm air surrounding the Finger Lakes creates the right conditions for the grapes’ long growing season.

Question 18

Name three ways water is essential to the growth of cranberries.

Answer 18

1. Water freezes over the bogs.
2. Water protects plants against disease & insects.
3. Air pockets cause cranberries to rise when they are flooded.

Question 19

List the steps needed to produce maple syrup.

Answer 19

1. Drill a hole into the tree.
2. Collect sap in a bucket.
3. Boil sap until the water evaporates.

Kevin’s answer:
“First drill a hole in a tree. Next you get a spout and put it in the hole. Then the sap runs into a bucket placed under the tree. The bucket is emptied into a barrel and taken to a sugar house and is boiled into syrup.”

Question 20

Why does it take many hours to make maple syrup?

Answer 20

It takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup.

Question 21

Many families in the Chesapeake Bay area earn their livings _______________________.

Answer 21

Harvesting the sea

Question 22

The people who fish the bay are called ___________.

Answer 22

Watermen

Question 23

How does soil around Chesapeake Bay get polluted?

Answer 23

Factories dump waste into the soil.

Question 24

How does polluted soil get into Chesapeake Bay?

Answer 24

Rain and snow drain the pollution into the Bay.

Question 25

How are people trying to stop pollution and overfishing?

Answer 25

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

& by educating people not to pollute the water and overfish.

Question 26

Vermont

Answer 26

Montpelier