1. Pennsylvania’s Natural Resources

2. Natural Resources
Natural Resources: Things made by nature that are useful to people
Water
Soil
Forests
Minerals

3. Pennsylvania’s Natural Resources
Rivers, Soil, and Forests

4. Rivers
River systems: A group of streams and smaller rivers that flow into a larger river
P.A. has 3 Main River Systems:
Delaware
Susquehanna
Ohio

5. Rivers Provide…. Drinking water Transportation “highway”
Hydroelectric Power
Recreation

6. The Delaware River

7. The Delaware River
The Delaware flows down the eastern border of Pennsylvania. It forms the eastern natural boundary of PA.
This river flows into the Delaware Bay, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The Delaware River is part of the Atlantic Ocean Watershed.

8. The Delaware River
The Delaware River is a Lotic System. A Lotic System is a flowing water system, such as, a river, stream, or spring.
The Delaware River is NOT a Lentic System. A Lentic System is a system of still water, such as, a lake or pond.

9. Can you guess some reasons why the Delaware River is important to PA?

10. The Delaware River Transportation Drinking Water Power Recreation
Home to wildlife

11. Other Pennsylvania Rivers
Susquehanna River
This river flows through the central part of the state.
This is the river that flows by Jersey Shore.
The Susquehanna River flows into the Chesapeake Bay and is also part of the Atlantic Ocean Watershed.

12. Other Pennsylvania Rivers
The Ohio River
This river flows in the western part of the state and meets up with two other rivers in Pittsburgh.
The Ohio River is part of the Mississippi Watershed. The Mississippi River is a waterway that leads to the Gulf of Mexico.

13. Pennsylvania Rivers
With a dry erase marker, trace the flow of this Pennsylvania River on your World Map.
The Ohio River
What other bodies of water did you “meet-up” with? Where did you end up?

14. Soil Southeastern PA and Lake Erie are good areas for farming.
The soil there has large amounts of limestone; a mineral plants need to grow

15. Soil
The soil there has large amounts of limestone; a mineral plants need to grow

16. What are some of the crops grown in PA?
PA Crops
What are some of the crops grown in PA?
List as many as you can on a sticky note.

17. PA Crops Corn, oats, wheat, hay Apples, peaches, grapes
Largest producer of mushrooms

18. Forests Trees grow well in the Northern part of P.A.
Many trees were cut down, their wood used for building
Paper
Furniture
P.A. is the Christmas tree capital of
the U.S.A

19. A Pennsylvania Forest

20. Williamsport: Lumber Capital
Williamsport was once the lumber capital of the world
More millionaires were living in Williamsport than anywhere else in the country

21. The Lumber Era: 1800’s
Men built small shacks in the woods and cut down trees all year.

22. The Lumber Era: 1800’s

23. The Lumber Era: 1800’s
Logs were put in the Susquehanna River and trapped in the “boom” near Williamsport.

24. The Lumber Era: 1800’s

25. The Lumber Era: 1800’s “Logjammers” hopped across the
river on the logs to
free logs that
were jammed.

26. The Lumber Era: 1800’s
Lumber was sent to lumber mills to be cut up and sold.

27. The Lumber Era: 1800’s

28. Pennsylvania’s Natural Resources
Minerals: Coal, Oil and Natural Gas

29. Minerals
Minerals: Things found in the earth that are neither plant nor animal
Coal
Oil
Natural Gas
Coal, oil, and natural gas can be burned as fuels.
Fuel: Something that can be burned to make heat or power

30. Coal in Pennsylvania Soft Burn quickly Lots of smoke when burned
Bituminous
Anthracite
Soft
Burn quickly
Lots of smoke when burned
Western P.A. (Pittsburgh)
Hard
Burns slowly
Less smoke when burned
Eastern P.A. (Scranton and Hazleton)

31. Coal Mining Coal near the surface of ground
Strip mining
Underground mining
Coal near the surface of ground
Bulldozers “strip” the soil and rock above the coal
Most coal in P.A. is extracted using strip mining
Two shafts, or large holes are dug into the ground
About 400 – 600 ft. deep
Large machines used to drill and scoop out the coal
They send it up to the surface through a shaft

32. Coal Mining in Pennsylvania
Strip mining
Underground mining

33. Centralia, P.A
Centralia was a borough in Columbia County that was known for coal mining.
In 1981 the population was over 1,000
By 2007, the population was only 7

34. Centralia, Columbia County, P.A

35. Centralia, P.A Centralia used an abandoned mine pit as their landfill.
They burned their garbage there.
In 1962, the burning garbage ignited exposed coal, and a fire has been burning ever since.

36. Centralia, P.A.

37. Centralia, P.A.
In 1984, the government offered residents money to relocate to another place.
In 1992, most of the remaining buildings were demolished

38. Centralia, P.A.

39. Centralia, P.A.

40. Centralia, P.A.

41. Centralia, P.A.

42. Oil
The world’s first oil well was drilled in Titusville, P.A.

43. Natural Gas Natural Gas: Clear, odorless gas used as a source of heat
No smoke
No ashes
Found mostly in Western, P.A.