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Ohio 1 -People and Resources

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  • Like, in, or a city is what?
    Urban
  • What natural resource is burned to make heat or electricity?
    fuel
  • What is water that falls to the ground as rain, sleet, snow, and hail called?
    Precipitation
  • What is Ohio's most important natural resource?
    water
  • Which river forms our entire southern border?
    Ohio River
  • What type of land is where houses are spread apart?
    rural
  • What is very rich SOIL left behind by the glacier called?
    Till
  • What is the growing of crops and the raising of farm animals?
    Agriculture
  • What are TWO effects that the glacier had on the land in Ohio?
    Carved the hills, left deep SOIL, and left rich TILL.
  • What provided materials to build homes and make paper?
    Trees and Forest
  • What grew because of the natural resources in the area?
    Industries
  • What natural resource powered factories and ships?
    Coal
  • Natural gas was discovered in Toledo, Ohio and these industries became important because of the low cost of natural gas.
    Glass-making and steel mills
  • What is something found in nature that people can use?
    Natural resources
  • What are areas surrounding large cities are called ?
    suburbs
  • A time period in history of very COLD weather.
    Ice Age
  • Where would salt be found in Ohio?
    Under Lake Erie
  • What are huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land?
    Glaciers