VA Resources
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| What are some natural resources of Virginia? | Clean water, minerals, wildlife, land, and forests.
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| What is groundwater? | Water found beneath the earth’s surface.
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| What is a river? | A natural stream of fresh water flowing along a definite path.
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| What is a lake? | A body of water entirely surrounded by land and not connected to the sea except by rivers or streams.
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| What is a reservoir? | A natural or artificial lake or large tank used for collecting and storing water.
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| What is a bay? | A wide indentation in a shoreline having deep water that is surrounded by land on three sides.
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| What is an ocean? | A very large body of salt water that is one of the five on Earth.
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| What is a watershed? | An area of land that drains into a body of water.
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| What watershed are we a part of? | Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
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| What is a watershed address? | It is the combination of numbers that tells the parts of the watershed.
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| What are some minerals found in Virginia? | Coal, limestone, gravel, granite, and sand.
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| Why is soil an important natural resource? | Grows plants like apples, tobacco, soybeans and other plants used for animal feed.
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| What is public land? | Land that all people can use. Includes state and national forests, state and national parks, beaches, wildlife management areas, and historic sites.
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| What is conservation? | Protecting land for animal ecosystems that allows animals to live and people to enjoy the land as well.
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