1. Chapter 2
Review

2. What is water that falls to the Earth?
Precipitation

3. List 3 examples of precipitation.
Rain, sleet, hail, or snow

4. What is a measure of how hot of cold a place is?
                                          
Temperature

5. What could you use to show temperature?
A thermometer

6. What describes the air at a certain time and place?
Weather

7. What are the 2 parts of weather?
Temperature and precipitation

8. What is the pattern of weather in a region over a long period of time?
Climate

9. Name an example/fact about climate?
Summer has the hottest weather.

10. What is a resource that can be renewed or replaced after they are used?
Renewable resource

11. List an example of a renewable resource
trees

12. What is resources that can not be replace
Nonrenewable resource

13. List 2 examples of nonrenewable resources.
Clay, stone

14. What are the similarities of nonrenewable and renewable resources?
They are both natural resources.
They are both helpful to people.

15. Interesting fact: The higher you are the ______ it gets. colder
What is elevation?
The height of land
above sea level
Interesting fact: The higher you are the ______ it gets.
colder

16. What is a storm with strong wind and heavy snow?
Blizzard
                                        
What is a powerful storm with very strong wind and heavy rain?
•Hurricane

17. What does a hurricane and a blizzard have in common?
They both have very strong wind

18. What are some of NY’s resources and their uses?
Maple trees- building, maple syrup
Natural gas- fuel homes
Oil- fuel

19. What is the N.Y. State animal?
The beaver

20. Why do farmers in New York grow apples and trees?
Because they grow well in New York's climate

21. Which parts of our environment do we most depend on for breathing?
Air and trees

22. What do trees and minerals have in common?
They are both natural resources

23. What is a way people use forests?
For building and for fuel

24. Why is it important for people to practice conservation?
To protect natural resources for the future

25. What kind of animal would you see on a tall building or a cliff?
A Peregrine Falcon

26. How can New Yorkers help protect the state’s wildlife?
Taking care of the environment

27. Is this a line graph of bar graph?
                                         

28. Is this a line graph or bar graph?

29. What is the difference between a line graph and a bar graph?
A line graph shows an area over a certain amount of time
A bar graph compares 2 or more items at the same time

30. What are some causes of acid rain?
Forms when pollution from smoke mixes with condensation in the clouds

31. What are the effects of acid rain?
Holes in statues, buildings and roads