1. Name, Location, Climate, Landforms, and Regions of Pennsylvania
Lesson 1

2. 5 Themes of Geography 1. Location – location of city or your community
2. Place – where something is in relation to its surroundings ex. City in contrast to smaller communities
3. Human-Environment Interaction – how people depend on the environment or change land
4. Movement – connection between places and patterns of movement
5. Region – ex. Tourist, political, business, rural, urban, suburban, or even school district

3. Vocabulary – 3 minutes to copy into your notes, leave spaces between words
Square mile
Watershed
Humid continental
Wetlands
Nor’easter
Hydroelectric power
Drought
Natural resource
Lake Effect
Renewable
Regions
Non renewable
Landforms
Loam
Plain
Fossil fuels
Ridge
Anthracite
Plateau
bituminous

4. 1681 – name of state provided by William Penn and the King of England.
Penn wanted to call colony “Sylvania” (woods)
King added Penn in honor of William’s father
Penn’s woods
Commonwealth – founded for the common good or wealth of its people
Pennsylvania is one of only four states that carry title – Massachusetts, Virginia, and Kentucky

5. View with surrounding states and waterways

6. Location Pennsylvania is 45,333 square miles
Square mile – a distance calculated by multiplying one mile in width by one mile in length
302 miles wide and 158 miles length

7. Climate
Humid continental – type of climate that offers four distinct seasons – winter, spring, summer, fall
Adequate rainfall and is suitable for farming
Average temperatures
July – 76 ̊ in southeast, 68 ̊ along Lake Erie
December – 31 ̊ in southeast, 24 ̊ along Lake Erie
Record high – 111 ̊ Record low ̊

8. Landforms and Regions 5 distinctive geographic regions
Regions – Areas which have at least one characteristic
Each region has common landforms and elevations
Landform – land surfaces with natural features such as plains, hills, valleys, mountains, plateaus.

9. 5 Landform Regions of Pennsylvania

10. ← ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

11. Atlantic Coastal Plain
Along Eastern Coast of United States
Elevation ranges from 26 feet above sea level to sea level
Contains the city of Philadelphia

12. PIEDMONT

13. Piedmont Southeast region between Philadelphia and Harrisburg
Reaches elevation of 600 feet above sea level
Includes some of the most fertile soil in the United States
Allentown, Reading, Lancaster, York
Farms, fields, and forests

14. RIDGE AND VALLEY

15. Ridge and Valley Hills – land with a rounded elevation
Ridges – a range of hills or mountains
Valleys – long depressions between ranges of hills or mountains
Contains the Appalachian Mountains – mountain chain that runs from Georgia to Maine
Ridges and valleys have individual names

16. Mt. Davis – state’s highest elevation at 3,213 feet above sea level, located in southern Somerset County
Pennsylvania mountains are low in elevation to other parts of the country

17. ALLEGHENY PLATEAU

18. Allegheny Plateau Covers 60% of Pennsylvania
Plateau – an elevated section of land that is relatively level in elevation
Elevations range from 700 to 2,500 feet
Pocono Mountains – formed by glacial forces

19. ←ERIE PLAIN

20. Erie Plain Northwest corner of state along Lake Erie
Only 4 miles wide, stretching from shoreline
Soil is rich in sand and silt
Erie – Pennsylvania’s third largest city

21. Packet Questions Lesson 1 – questions 1, 4, 5, 6 & 7