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Social Studies
4th grade Chapter 1 Ohio
Question | Answer |
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Which landform borders most of our northern border? | Lake Erie |
Which landform forms our entire southern border? | Ohio River |
Which state lies along our western border? | Indiana |
Which states lie along our eastern border? | West Virginia and Pennsylvania |
What are the 2 major landforms in Ohio? | Interior Plains and Appalachian Plateau |
How is the Interior Plains divided? | Lake Plains and Till Plains |
Describe the Appalachian Plateau. | Low rounded hills in the north and steeper and rockier in the south |
Describe the Interior Plains. | Wide stretches of flat land and gently rolling hills |
Why does Cleveland get more snow? | Lake effect-moisture from Lake Erie is collected by the clouds and dropped as snow when the clouds cross over the land |
The land, water, plants, animals, and people living in an area | Geography |
Something that separates one place from another. It may be a natural border or an imaginary border. | Borders |
Large, nearly flat areas of land | Plains |
Large, mostly flat land area that rises sharply above the land around it | Plateau |
This area makes up most of eastern Ohio. The north has rolling hill and the south has steep rocky hills. | Appalachian Plateau |
Wide stretches of flat land and gently rolling hills on the western half of Ohio | Interior Plains |
The northern section of the Interior Plains | Lake Plains |
The southern section of the Interior Plains. Cincinnati is there! | Till Plains |
Water that falls to the ground as rain, sleet, snow, and hail | Precipitation |
What formed the landforms of Ohio? | Ice Age |
What is an Ice Age? | A time period in history of very cold weather |
Very rich soil left behind by the glacier | Till |
List 2 effects that the glacier had on the land in Ohio. | Rounded the hills, left deep grooves, left rich soil, and filled in deep valleys |
How did the glacier improve Ohio's farmland? | Left very rich deep soil |
How was Lake Erie formed? | A glacier |
List 3 rivers in Ohio. | Ohio River, Little Miami River, Great Miami River |
This is something found in nature that people can use again. | Natural Resource |
How are our rivers used? | For transportation to carry materials |
Where is the source (where it starts) of the Ohio River? | In Pennsylvania |
A line of small hills that runs east to west across our state. Rivers to the north flow north to Lake Erie and rivers to the south flow south. | Ohio Divide |
How did Ohio get its name? | The Iroquois Indians called the river O-Y-O meaning great river. The Europeans used that to create OHIO. |