Natural ResourcesMaterials found in nature that are useful to people
Virginia's Natural Resources:
Forests, trees, plants, farm land, ocean animals, soil, rocks, minerals, coal, air/water, wild life. Human ResourcesThings made by people out of materials that began as natural resources
Man made resources from Virginia:
From trees: houses and paper From rocks/sand: glass, roads, roofing materials Farm land: apple cider, Tobacco products, peanut butter, cotton cloth meat and veggies Ocean: food, Watershed Review A watershed is an area over which surface water (and the materials it carries) flows to a single collection lace.
There are 14 watersheds in Virginia; 9 of them are major ones. 1. The Chesapeake Bay watershed covers half (50%) of Virginia’s land area. 2. The other two major watershed systems are the Gulf of Mexico and the North Carolina Sounds. |
Water Resourcesgroundwater rivers lakes bays reservoirs the Atlantic Ocean
The nine major watershed “addresses” in Virginia are
1. Potomac-Shenandoah Rivers Watershed 2. Rappahannock River Watershed 3. York River Watershed 4. James River Watershed 5. Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay & Coastal Rivers 6. Chowan River Watershed 7. Roanoke River Watershed 8. New River Watershed 9. Tennessee-Big Sandy Watershed |
Physical AdaptationA physical adaption is some type of structural modification made to a part of the body.
Examples:
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Behavioral AdaptationA Behavioral Adaptation is something an animal does - how it acts - usually in response to some type of external stimulus.
Examples of some Behavioral Adaptions:
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