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WorksheetsCh 4 Social Studies
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Between which two Great Lakes is Niagara Falls located?
Lake Erie and Ontario
Lake Huron and Erie
Lake Superior and Michigan
Which is NOT a reason why Niagara Falls is important to the Northeast?
Much of the electricity in the region is produced by the falls.
The falls make the autumn leaves turn beautiful colors.
People can use the power of the falls to run machines.
Many tourists spend money visiting the beautiful falls each year.
What is produced by hydropower plants on the Niagara River?
Niagara Falls
hydroelectricity
natural gas
Which mountain range does NOT make up the Appalachian Mountains?
Rocky Mountains
White Mountains
Green Mountains
Catskill Mountains
Which of the Northeast states does NOT share a border with the Atlantic Ocean?
New Jersey
Maine
Pennsylvania
Deleware
Which of the following is the largest of the Finger Lakes?
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Lake Seneca
Why do grapes grow well in the Finger Lake Region?
They are made up of swampy land, which is important for grape growth.
Grapevines are only planted in freshwater
Warm air surrounding the Finger Lakes creates the right growing season.
In which way is water NOT essential to the growth of cranberries?
Water protects the plants against insects and disease.
Cranberry plants are placed 600 feet deep in the Finger Lakes.
In the fall, air pockets cause the berries to rise when flooded.
Which of the following is NOT a key step in maple syrup production?
Sap is emptied into a large barrel and taken to the sugar house.
Sap is boiled until water evaporates and pure maple sugar remains.
Sap is ready to flow only when temperatures drop below freezing.
Why does it take so many hours to make maple syrup?
Must be flown to a sugar house in outer countries.
About 40 gallons of sap are needed to make 1 gallon of yrup.
Sap can only be found in rare oak trees.
Sap must be refrigerated for several dys before it is boiled.
How does soil around Chesapeake Bay get polluted?
Som residents dump waste onto the land.
Some factories dump waste on the land
The bay area once was a public dumping ground.
The soil contains natural poisons.
How does the polluted soil get into the bay?
Factories dump their polluted soil directly into the bay.
Rain and snow wash the soil into the rivers that drain into the bay.
People who visit the bay have polluted soil on their shoes.
What is one way in which people have tried to help save the bay?
keeping boats out of the bay
visiting watermen ate the bay and purchasing shellfish
created the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to educate people
overfish to decrease the fish population.
