Unit 1 Review Will the Winner Loose? Miss Bowen 4 th Grade Social Studies.

Unit 1 ReviewWill the Winner

Loose?Miss Bowen

4th Grade Social Studies

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• On which continent is Pennsylvania located?

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• On which continent is Pennsylvania located?• North America

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• In which country is Pennsylvania located?

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• In which country is Pennsylvania located?• The United States of America

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• In which region is Pennsylvania located?

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• In which region is Pennsylvania located?• Northeast or Mid-Atlantic Region

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• Identify the piece of land.

• Region, State, Country, or Continent?

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• Identify the piece of land.

• Continent• Contains more than one

country

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• Identify the piece of land.

• Region, State, Country, or Continent?

Answer

• Identify the piece of land.

• Country• These 50 states make

up The United States of America, our country.

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• Identify the piece of land.

• Region, State, Country, or Continent?

Answer• Identify the piece of land.

• Region• This region is made up of different states the SHARE A

COMMON FEATURE.

QuestionIdentify the surrounding states.

AnswerIdentify the surrounding states.

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• Compared to the other 50 states, how big is Pennsylvania?

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• Compared to the other 50 states, how big is Pennsylvania?• Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest state (there

are 32 states that are larger than Pennsylvania).

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• How does Pennsylvania compare to the other 50 states in terms of population?

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• How does Pennsylvania compare to the other 50 states in terms of population?• Pennsylvania has the 5th largest population.

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• What is population density?

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• What is population density?• the amount of people who live in a certain

area.

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• Comparing mountainous/ rural areas to cities, which has a higher population density? What does that mean?

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• Comparing mountainous/ rural areas to cities, which has a higher population density? What does that mean?• Cities have a higher population density. That

means that cities have more people living in a smaller space.

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• Describe the climate in Pennsylvania.

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• Describe the climate in Pennsylvania.• The climate in Pennsylvania changes over four

seasons, winter, spring, summer, and fall, with the winter and summer months being the most extreme in temperature .

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• How are weather and climate different?

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• How are weather and climate different?• Weather is what we see and feel each day.

Climate is the average weather over a long period of time.

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• What is a plain?

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• What is a plain?• An area of low flat land

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• What is a plateau?

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• What is a plateau?• flat land that is higher than the surrounding

areas

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• Which water forms can be found in Pennsylvania?

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• Which water forms can be found in Pennsylvania?• Lakes, Reservoirs, Rivers, Streams, and Creeks• We do not have direct access to an Ocean,

although the Delaware River meets with the Atlantic Ocean.

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• What is a reservoir?

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• What is a reservoir? • a large natural or artificial lake used as a

water supply.

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• What is the state animal?

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• What is the state animal?• The white tailed deer

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• What is the state bird?

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• What is the state bird?• The ruffed grouse

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• What is folding?

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• What is folding?• when rocks and soil push against each other

to create a raised part of land

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• What is faulting?

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• What is faulting?• When there is a crack in a raised portion of

land that causes a divide between the two elevated areas

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• What is erosion?

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• What is erosion?• wearing away of soil and land (largely due to

water and wind)

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• What is weathering?

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• What is weathering?• Water freezes in the cracks of our land. The

land breaks into smaller pieces and is carried to other places when the water melts.

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• What are glaciers?

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• What are glaciers?• thin ice sheets that slowly move across the

earth’s surface

QuestionLabel the Regions of Pennsylvania

QuestionLabel the Regions of Pennsylvania