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Pennsylvania Ecology
Pennsylvania Ecology animals plants energy geography
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8th Grade
05/12/2014

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The seed of an oak tree
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The leaf of a maple tree
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Makes seeds for conifers
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The Pennsylvania Fish and Game Commission
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The government agency that manages the hunting and fishing of game animals
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Cold water streams
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The type of aquatic environment where trout live
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Brook Trout
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The Pennsylvania state fish
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Whitetail Deer
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The PA state animal
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carp and catfish
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Two large bottom feeding fish commonly found in the three Pittsburgh rivers
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salamander
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A mud puppy is actually a large _______.
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toads
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______ look a lot like frogs, but have bumpy skin and can live away from water as adults.
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copperhead
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The only venomous PA snake that is not a rattlesnake.
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mallard duck
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The common PA duck in which the males have a green head
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great blue heron
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The large PA wading bird that is often mistaken for a stork or a crane.
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robin
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A common PA bird that lays blue eggs in a "mud bowl" type nest
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Birds of prey
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Hawks, owls and eagles are all this type of bird
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a type of frog
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A spring peeper makes a loud chirping sound and is a type of _______.
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black bear
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The only bear species native in PA.
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chipmunk
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a small rodent with stripes on its back
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Eastern Hemlock
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The PA state tree
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mountain laurel
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The PA state flower
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milkweed
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The PA flower that is associated with monarch butterflies
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Anthracite & Bituminous
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The two types of coal
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Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas
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Nonrenewable fossil fuels
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to produce electricity
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What is the main reason for burning coal?
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ancient plant material
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What is coal made from?
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Marcellus Shale
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A PA rock layer that contains a large amount natural gas that is removed by fracking
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fracking
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hydraulic fracturing - pumping large amounts of water along with sand and chemicals into a deep well to release natural gas trapped in the rock layers
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methane
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The main component of natural gas and a strong green house gas
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Drake Well
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The first commercial drilled oil well
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turbine
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The part of a wind mill that needs to be turned to generate electricity
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hyropower
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energy produced by the movement of water which turns a turbine
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water temperature
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A key factor that determines where PA fish can live.
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Lake Erie
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The largest lake in PA
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Susquehanna River
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The large river in central PA which flows into the Chesapeake Bay
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Delaware River
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The river which forms the PA and NJ border
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Appalachian Mountains
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The mountains that slice through the center of PA
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Grand Canyon of PA
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Another name for Pine Creek Gorge - a long and deep gorge that runs for 50 miles and is 1000 ft deep
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Mt. Davis
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The highest peak in PA - 3213 ft.
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