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What is one of Ohio's most important water resources?
Ohio River or Lake Erie
Name a resource that was important to Ohio's economic development.
Coal, natural gas, iron, lumber, corn, soybeans, fish
True or False? Ohio's coal industry is currently one of the strongest industries in Ohio.
False- People have started using less coal, so this industry has declined.
Name one crop that early settlers in Ohio grew.
Wheat or corn.
True or False? Many of Ohio's first settlers came to Ohio along the Ohio River by flat boat.
True
True or False? Manufacturing in Ohio is becoming less popular and factories are closing quickly.
False! Ohio still remains one of the nation's leading states for manufacturing.
Are trees a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Renewable
Is coal a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Is limestone a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Is corn a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Renewable
Is sand and gravel a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Where in Ohio do we find coal? A) Southeast B) Northeast C) West
A) southeast
What is a use for trees?
Paper, furniture, houses, oxygen, water, fruit
What is a use for limestone?
Stone, cement, fertilizer, road construction
What is a natural resource (the definition)?
A material found in the environment (nature) that people use.
Give an example of a natural resource.
Trees, coal, limestone, corn, sand/gravel, other things we use from nature
