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Maine Pages:11-20
Stack #78060
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Coastal Lowlands: | Biddeford, Saco, Portland, Bath, and Rockland |
| Physical Features: | sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and harbors |
| Three different ares of land along the coast | South Coast, Midcoast, and Downeast Coast |
| 3 different land regions in Maine | Coastal Lowlands, Eastern New England Upland, and the Appalaian Mountains |
| When is Maine's tourist season? | July and August |
| Spartina Grass | a plant that is able to live in salwater and freshwater |
| What part of Maine has the most people? | South Coast |
| Jobs in the Tourism Industry | resturants and hotels |
| Important Maine Services | law firms, schools, hospitals, computer companies, and banks |
| Northern Jobs | potatoe farming |
| Inland Jobs | apple orchards |
| Jobs on the coast | fishing industry |
| Mid-Coast Physical Features | sandy beaches, salt marshes, and mud flats |
| What are two large islands in Maine? | Monhegan and Matinicus |
| important Mid-coast towns | Popham, Boothbay Harbor, Camden, and Belfast |
| Mid-Coast Jobs | fishing industry, supplying credit, building ships, and trade goods around the world |
| How many poumds of Lobster is taken from the Atlantic every year? | 50 million pounds |
| What color are Lobsters in the water? cooked? | dark green or blue in the water and red when cooked |
| Where do Lobsters live? | at the bottom of the ocean under rocks |
| Pots | large cages filled with fish used to trap Lobsters |
| How much does a Lobster weigh? | usually 1 1/2 pounds |
| Downeastern Physical Features | jagged cliffs rising from the water, coasts |
| Animals in the Downeast | eagles, osprey, harbor seals, gulls, and ducks |
| Downeast Jobs | tourist industry and growning blueberries |
| Small Towns in Downeast | Bar Harbor, Jonesport, and Machias |
| Blueberries | one of Maine's most important crops |
| Maine's nickname | Sunrise Coast |
| Jobs in the Eastern Upland | farming, manufacturing wood and paper products, and services industries |
| Farming in the Eastern Upland | potatoes, blueberries, rasberries, strawberries, variaties of Apples, barley, broccoli, and oats |
| What covers much of the western part of Maine | Appalachain Mounatins region |
| Appalachain Mounatain Chain | is made up of smaller chains like Longfellow Mountains and White Mountains |
| Katahdin is the Native American word for what? | highest mounatin |
| Appalachain Mounatain plants | Mountain crandberry, black crow berry, bearberry willow |
| Appalachain Mounatain animals | mice, lemmings, and raven flies |
| Two differnt areas of the Appalachain Mnts. | North Woods and Western Lakes |
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