Social Studies-State Symbols, 4th Grade
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State Flower
* I was the favorite flower of Pres. Wm. McKinley.
*I became the state flower after Pres. McKinley's assassination.
* I have 2 words. The first is a color, and the second is an "automobile country." What am I? - scarlet carnation
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State Insect
* My official name is Ladybird Beetle.
* I am harmless with black spots.
* I eat smaller insects. What am I? - ladybug
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State Animal
* There are more of me in OH today than there were at the time of settlement.
* Some 4th grade students requested that I be the state animal.
* The term used for my male kind is part of the name of Ohio's state tree.
What - white-tailed deer
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State Stone
* My name with stone after it is the last name of a famous cartoon family.
* I am a smooth, hard rock and can be found in many different colors.
* When cut & polished, I am semi-precious.
What am I? - flint stone
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State Beverage
* The movement to make me the state beverage started as a joke.
* Gov. James Rhodes encouraged people to drink me in 1963.
* When I became official, OH led the U.S. in production of me.
What am I? - tomato juice
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State Tree* Originally, my name was used to insult rural Ohioans.
* Ohio pioneers used my wood to build their cabins.
* My fruit resembles the eye of a buck deer.
What am I? - buckeye
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State Wildflower
* I am found in all 88 countries of Ohio.
* I am a member of the lily family.
* I am easy to identify.
What am I? - white trillium
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State Bird
* I became the state bird by unanimous decision in 1933.
* I am a permanent resident of Ohio.
* There is a major league baseball team with my name.
What am I? - cardinal
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State Fossil
* I am an extinct form of marine crustacean.
* I lived in the inland seas that covered much of N. America 500 million years ago.
* I became official in 1985. What am I? - trilobite
- List Ohio's state motto, song, and rock song below:
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state motto: With God all things are possible.
state song: Beautiful Ohio.
State rock song: Hang On Sloopy. - 1902 Flag, 17 stars means:
- 17th state to enter the Union.
- 1902 Flag, white "O" stands for:
- Ohio
- 1902 Flag, red circle is the:
- buckeye nut.
- 1902 Flag; Red, white and blue only shaped pennant - 3 red/2 white stripes stand for:
- Ohio's roads and water
- buckeye means:
- eye of deer
- Ohio's pioneers were called:
- buckeyes
- Ohio's 1959 state motto was suggested by:
- a 12 year old boy from Cincinnati
- Our state beverage leads the country in its production. What drink is it?
- tomato juice
- flint stone was used to make:
- knives made by Indians, guns, millstone.
- The Great Seal of the State of Ohio is a real scene from:
- Thomas Worthington's home near Chillicothe.
- The 17 arrows on the Wheat of the Great Seal means:
- Ohio is a farming state
- 17 rays of the Great Seal means:
- 17th state governor used the seal to stamp paper.
- Our state insect, the ladybug, emits a smell to:
- warn birds to stay away.
- Ladybugs are helpful to:
- farmers because they eat harmful insects.
- Our state wildflower, the trillium, is found in ____ countries, grows in the woods, and has a ________ odor.
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foul - Our state reptile is the:
- snake
- Which river in Ohio is considered a great river?
- Indian River
- What is the nickname of our state?
- Buckeye state
- Ohio is the Mother of _______________?
- Presidents
- Ohio is the birthplace of ____________?
- aviation
- Ohio is the Heart of it ____?
- all