Virginia's Natural Resources SOL 4.8

A Virginia natural resource important to the state's economy, as well as a primary source of energy is __________________?

• oil

• limestone

• steel

• coal

What is the name of the watershed that we are a part of?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Chesapeake Bay

• Appalachian Plateau

• Potomac River

What is a watershed?

• A place that offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities.

• An area that provides space for many natural resources and economic activities.

• An area over which surface water (and the materials it carries) flows to a single collection place.

• A shed that holds barrels of water and tools.

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Which plant is common in Virginia

• Dogwood tree

• Orange tree

• Palm tree

• Spanish moss

Which resource is used for building homes?

• Forests

• Coal

• Granite

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Each of the following of Virginia's minerals can be used for building materials

EXCEPT -

• coal

• limestone

• sand

• granite

Farming would be impossible without which natural resource?

• soil

• stone

• gold

• coal

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An area of land over which surface water flows to a single collection place.

• resource

• lake

• river

• watershed

What natural stream of freshwater flows from the mountains down to another body of water, such as into the Chesapeake Bay?

• lake

• bay

• river

• ocean

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Which material is a Virginia natural resource important to the state's economy, and is also a primary source of energy?

• oil

• steel

• coal

• limestone