Name _________________________________________
Gr. 4 Ch. 4 Study Guide
1. Niagara Falls is located between Lake _____________________ and Lake __________________________.
2. Niagara Falls is very important to the Northeast because it supplies much of the ___________________________ to the Northeast, machines can run from the _______________________ the falls create, and many ______________________ spend money visiting the beautiful falls each year.
3. The hydropower plants on the Niagara River produce _______________________.
4. The Appalachian Mountains consists of the following ranges: ____________________, ________________________, & __________________________.
5. ______________________________, ____________________________, & ___________________________ states all share a border with the Atlantic Ocean.
6. Of the Finger Lakes, _________________________________ is the largest.
7. Grapes grow well in the Finger Lake region because warm _______________ surrounding the Finger Lakes creates the right conditions for the grape’s long growing season.
8. Water protects cranberries from ____________________ and __________________ in the spring. In the fall, __________________________ cause cranberries to rise when they are flooded. In winter, water ______________________ over the bogs to protect the plants.
9. In order to make maple syrup, a _________________ is drilled into a tree and a spout is placed in the ________________. Sap is emptied into a large ___________________ and taken to a sugarhouse. Sap is _______________________ until water evaporates and pure maple syrup remains.
10. It takes many hours to make maple syrup because about _________________________________ of sap are needed to produce ________________________________ of maple syrup.
11. Many families in the Chesapeake Bay area make a living by harvesting the _______________.
12. People who fish in the Chesapeake Bay are called _____________________________.
13. Soil around the Chesapeake Bay gets polluted by _______________________ dumping waste onto the land.
14. Polluted soil gets into Chesapeake Bay by ________________ & _________________ washing the soil into rivers that drain into the bay.
15. People have tried to help save the bay by creating the ____________________________________________________ to educate people about the environment.
16. Sequence the events (in order) for preparing a cranberry bog.
17. Imagine that you are a member of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. What can you do to help end the pollution and over fishing of the bay?