Unit 1 Lesson 3

New Jersey Climates and Resources

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Vocabulary pg 27• Climate- kind of weather a place has

over a long period of time.– New Jersey’s Climate

• Summer – Hot and Humid• Winter- Cold and precipitation• Spring- Climate slowly becomes warm• Fall- Cool and Dry

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Vocabulary pg 27

• Precipitation- water that falls to Earth’s surface as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.

• Nor’easters- strong storms that bring high winds, heavy snows, and freezing cold.– Occur in Winter

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How does location affect climate?

• Northwestern Region – coldest area in state–High elevations have cooler

summers and colder winters.• Summer temperatures – 75 degrees

• Winter temperatures – 26 degrees

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How does location affect climate?

• Southern Region- milder climate–Ocean brings cool breezes in the

summer and warm air in the winter.–Warmest area in the state–Cape May-

• Winter temperatures do not go below 34 degrees

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Vocabularypg 28

• Natural Resources- something found in nature that people can use.

–Can be living or non living• Living – Animals and plants• Non Living – Minerals and sand

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Vocabulary

• Renewable- resources can be reused or replaced–Examples – trees

• Nonrenewable- Cannot be made again–formed by nature over thousands of

years ago.

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“Garden State”• Plentiful harvests of fruits and vegetables

– Early settlers settled in the:• Atlantic Coastal Plan and Piedmont

Regions• Came to fish• Built communities near Delaware and

Hudson River along Atlantic Coast• Worked in mines

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Using the Land• Farming

– New Jersey Farms supplied NYC and Philadelphia with fresh fruits and vegetables.• Including:

–Eggplant–Corn–Tomatoes–Lettuce–Apples

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Farming• New Jersey has more than 9,000

farms–9 to 50 acres big–Southwestern Region

• 40,000 acres of vegetable farms–Southeastern Region

• Cranberries and Blueberries–Wet, sandy soil

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Cranberry Bogs

Blueberry field

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Farms

• Raise cows for–milk, butter, and other dairy products

• Livestock Farms–cows, pigs, and chickens

• Monmouth County–Horse farms

• racing and riding13

New Jersey Dairy Farms

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Other Resources• Fishing

–Take tourists on trips–Fish –Saltwater

• flounder, tuna, whiting, crabs–Freshwater

• trout, bass, catfish

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Upper Deerfield TownshipSunset Lake

SwedesboroLake Narraticon.

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Mining• Mined Minerals

–Some found underground and on Earth’s surface

–Underground mines are now closed–All mining done on surface–Rock is mined and crushed to make

• roads, bridges, and buildings–In hills and mountains mined for

• iron, copper, zinc, and other hard minerals17

Sterling Hill Mine TunnelAn old mining tunnel at the Sterling Hill Mining Museum

in New Jersey. This was a zinc mine that operated up into the 1980's. It was the last underground mine in New Jersey. 18

Manufacturing

• Manufacturing- Making goods from natural resources– Ex. making glass from sand– NJ leading manufacturer of

• plastics, rubber, and machinery• chemicals, medicines, and printed materials

» Printed materials - books and magazines

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Welsbach FactoryGloucester, NJGas Mantle Factory

RCA Factory“Nipper Building”American Electronics 20