1. By Nasere Asbury Park Middle School Ms. Librizzi’s class Source: World Book Online 2010

2.  Capital: Harrisburg  Population: 12,281,054  Date of Statehood: Dec.12,1787, it is the Second State

3.  State Game bird: Ruffed grouse  State flower: Mountain laurel  State tree: Hemlock

4.  Ohio Lake  Susquehanna River  Allegheny River Source: World Book Online 2010

5. Downtown Pittsburgh lies between the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. Pittsburgh is the state's second- largest city. Source World Book Online 2010

6. Water cascades down the rocks in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

7. Philadelphia's City Hall, center, ranks as one of the largest city halls in the United States. It covers about four square blocks. Skyscrapers and a wide plaza nearby occupy Penn Center, a bank and office complex that has become a landmark of Philadelphia's urban renewal program.