NY State Geography & Resources Review

Water, soil, and lumber are all types

of ___________ resources because

they can be replaced.

Answer: renewable

Name at least 3 jobs created from New York’s

natural resources.

Answer: park rangers, dock workers, clerks, captains, water plant workers, stone cutters,

road builders

What is the soil and rocks dropped by a glacier

called?

Answer: till

A line of low hills formed by rocks pushed at the front of a glacier is called?

• Answer: a moraine

What is smoothly rounded hills formed by a melting

glacier called?

Answer: drumlin

What is the end of the river called?

Answer: mouth

What is the condition of the air at a certain time

and place called?

Answer: weather

What is the pattern of weather, of a place, over

many years called?

Answer: climate

Name 3 states that border NY.

• Answer: Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Why are glaciers important to NY state?

Answer: helped form our state’s landforms

Why our state’s waterways important?

Answer: provide jobs; transportation