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- How much of Indiana is farmland?
- about 2/3
- what are the steps to forming coal (in order)?
- 1. plants grew 2. dead plants were covered by sand 3. as it pressed down some sand turned to rock. 4. plants under the sand become coal
- What natural resource can be found in quarries?
- limestone
- which renewable resource can be found in southern Indiana?
- Trees
- which condition brings us warn summers?
- the northern hemisphere is tilting toward the sun
- which conditio brings us cold winters?
- northern himishpere is tilting away from the sun
- What are Indiana's two most important farm products?
- corn & soybeans
- Long periods of time with little or no precipitation is known as what?
- a drought
- torados form when...?
- winds in a thunderstorm move at different speeds and in different directions
- what word describes natural substances found in the ground?
- mineral
- What is the result of "lake effect"?
- cooler summers and winter's heavy snow in northern Indiana
- Snow, rain, sleet and hail are . . .?
- precipitation
- Warm air that holds a large amount of moisture is said to be . . ?
- Humid
- Indiana is about half-way between the North Pole and the Equator. Because of this we have what kind of climate?
- Temperate
- All the plants and animals in the environment make up the...
- Biosphere
- Which animal disappeared from Indiana's biosphere when its habitat was taken over by settlements?
- buffalo
- A resource that can be made again by nature or by people is . .
- a renewable resource
- A resource that cannot be made again is . .
- a non-renwable resource
- Which of Indiana's non-renewable resources can be used as fuel?
- Coal or natural gas
- Which famous Hoosier's home in the Limberlost Swamp near Geneva, Indiana has been preserved as a State Historic Site?
- Gene Stratton Porter