Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Pennsylvania State Drink

  
   Milk is the Pennsylvania State Drink. Milk is a very popular drink. Milk is in many dairy products. Milk is is in Butter, Cream, Yogurt, and Cheese just to name a few of the products milk is in. Milk is a drink that is very high in Calcium. Milk goes well with cookies. Milk was designated as the official Pennsylvania state beverage in 1982
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Not Just My Landform Blog



      I have been chosen to do another Social Studies project. This time for my project I am not going to be doing it about landforms. This project is about the state symbols. ( These are the state symbols of Pennsylvania ) I hope you enjoy my blog!

        Here is a website to get more information on State Symbols -->   www.statesymbolsusa.org

Friday, March 8, 2013

Hills

Hills are areas of raised land that aren't raised as high as mountains. The most popular hills are the Rolling Hills.  Hills. Hills are great places to roll down. Most people love rolling down hills. Hills are not the best places to camp but it is possible. Hills are also great places to ride bikes up and down. (Going uphill is harder than going downhill) Hills are also not very tall. So don't be surprized to see one because they are probably the most common landform in the world.








                           

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Plateaus

Plateaus are landforms that are very tall. Plateaus are very tall and steep. Plateaus are almost exactly like cliffs. Plateaus are tall areas of land that are flat at the top and are hard to climb up because they don't have a sloped area of land to walk up.The most popular plateau in the world is the Tibetan plateau. Plateaus are great places to run but don't go off the edge! Plateas are also great for rock climbing also.









     Top 10 Most Popular Plateaus
  1. Tibetan
  2. Columbia
  3. Antarctic
  4. Colorado
  5. Deccan
  6. Table Mountain
  7. Potohar
  8. Atherton
  9. Hardangervidda
  10. Brazilian

Friday, March 1, 2013

Plains

Plains are gigantic flat areas of land. The inner plains do not have many trees. The inner plains is where we get most of our grains. There are two types of plains. There are the inner plains and the coastal plains. More people live on the coastal plains becuse it is close to the beach. It is also a lot easier to build on the plains then in the other other parts of the worlds. The plains our very fun to people who like to bike but do not liketo bike up or downhill. The plains are great places to play tag to because it is harder to trip over things.








                                                     
                       States with plains In The U.S.

  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • North Dakota
  • South Dakota
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Delaware
  • Maryland
  • Virgina
  • North Carlina
  • South Carlina
  • Georgia
  • Alabama
  • Florida
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Tennessee
  • Kentucky
  • Texas

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Lakes

                                          
          Lakes are areas of water that are in the ground and have land surrounding them. The most popular in the world are Lake Baikal,  Lough Neagh, Caspian Sea, and  Lake Tanganyika. Lakes can be made out of fresh water or salt water. The most famous is the Great Salt Lake in Utah, U.S.A. Lakes are everywhere in the world. They are places to cool off at and swim. You can even tube or do water sports there. Lakes are beautiful and are just amazing.







      Top 10 Largest Lakes


  1. Caspian Sea
  2. Superior
  3. Victoria
  4. Huron
  5. Michigan
  6. Aral
  7. Tanganyika
  8. Baikal
  9. Great Bear
  10. Nyasa

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Basins

                                                                                 
                                  Basins are usually a bowl-shaped landform. Basins are usually very big long wise. The most popular basin in the world is the Lake Eyre basin in Australia. Basins are humongus. Basins are like nature's ditches. They have a lot of different nature scenes.They have trees and sometimes have ponds or lakes. Basins are places to go and enjoy the nature around it or inside it. They can  be skinny and long, or short and fat. They are barely ever short and fat.







                                    
                   Top 10 Largest River Basins

  1. Amazon
  2. Congo
  3. Mississippi-Missouri
  4. Plata-Parana-Grande
  5. Nile
  6. Yenisey
  7. Lena
  8. Ob-Irtysh
  9. Niger
  10. Amur