Blank Jeopardy

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Vocabulary
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Soil/Water Resources
Mineral Resources
Vegetation/ Animal Habitat
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Our region located in the center of the state
with rolling hills is the ____________.
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Piedmont
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What is a habitat?
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A habitat is a place where animals find food and
shelter.
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What is something found in nature that people can
use called?
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Natural Resources
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Anything that makes a natural resource dirty or
unsafe to use is called ____________.
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Pollution
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What region would you find in the western part of
our state?
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Mountain Region
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What do we call the region located nearest the
ocean?
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The Coastal Plain
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Our state gemstone is the ________________________
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emerald
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Our center for state government is _____
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Raleigh
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Our state capital is found in the
_________________ region.
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Piedmont
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__________ resources include things we find in
nature like trees, stone, and animals.
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Natural
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___________ used to be the states most important
crop, but over time, it has become less important
because it is dangerous for our health.
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Tobacco
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North Carolina leads the country in the
production of which vegetable crop?
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Sweet Potatoes
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North Carolina is located in the _____________
US.
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Southeastern
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Describe the soil in the Mountain Region of our
state.
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The soil in the Mountain Region has a grey-brown
color and contains a lot of rock.
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We eat a great deal of fish in this state. What
region would you find the most of it?
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Coastal Plain
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What are two important uses for rocks in our
state?
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Gravel for roads and stone for building
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The majority of the 300 kinds of rocks and
minerals that our state has are found where in
N.C.?
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Western part of the state
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What is North Carolinas official stone and what
is something it could be used for to help the
economy?
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The official state stone is granite, and it can
be used for countertops. This brings money to the
Mountain Region.
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Name two things that red clay from the Piedmont
Region is used for.
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Red clay is used to make bricks and pottery .
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Name the state reptile.
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Eastern Box Turtle
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The ________ is our state tree, and it can be
used to make ___________ and _________________.
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Tree, paper, and furniture
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What are the three things that most of the
states wood is used to make?
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Furniture, Paper, and Lumber Products
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What are the two main differences between
broadleaf trees and needleleaf trees?
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Broadleaf trees lose their leaves in the fall and
have wide, flat leaves. Needleleaf trees stay
green all year long and have thin, sharp
needlelike leaves.
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The state nickname is the _______________.
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Tarheels?
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Explain an example of how natural resources are
used to help our state economy.
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We use natural resources like apples to sell and
make apple pies or apple sauce. The money helps
our state grow!