Natural Resources

Virginia has an overwhelming number of natural resources. This

includes forests, farmable land, _____________, sand, rocks,
_____________ of both land and water, clean water, clean
____________, and beautiful scenery.
Virginia has many natural ______________, where a variety of
______________ thrive. We also have cultivated forests. This means
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These forests create a wonderful habitat for many creatures to live and
survive.
 Virginia has farmable, or _______________, land. This allows
the land in Virginia to be used for growing ________________ and
raising ____________________, which are then used by people living
in Virginia and other parts of the United States and the world.
Virginia has a great _______________ of plant and animal resources.

___________ is a very important natural resource to Virginia. It is

found in mines in the Appalachian Plateau of Virginia. Coal mining
has become an important ___________ venture for the residents of
southwest Virginia. Coal is a ___________ ___________, which
means, when the resource is gone, it is gone because it is a
nonrenewable resource.
 Sand and ____________ are important to Virginia as well. Sand
can be fired to make _____________ products. Virginia has all kinds
of rocks (igneous, __________________, and ________________)
that are used for a great many different things, from helping to build
homes to covering countertops, to forming _______________ and
driveways.

_____________ and aquatic creatures are located throughout

Virginia and are used for food, __________________, and viewing.
Deer are one of the most plentiful land creatures in Virginia. They
are often hunted for ______________ or ______________. Likewise,
___________ populate Virginia’s rivers as well as the Chesapeake Bay
and are caught for food or sport.
 It is very important to keep our ___________________
resources, therefor we must take care of what we have. It is
important to _____________ the materials we can, ____________
the ones we can’t, and ______________ the amount of pollutants in
the air, water, and land. It is especially important to remember that
we all live ______________. This means that the things we do on
our land effects not only those around us, but those downstream of
us. Most of us live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. A
___________________ is an area over which surface water, and
everything it carries, flows to a single _________________ place.
The Chesapeake Bay watershed is one of the largest ones along the
East Coast of the Unites States.
 Virginia’s _______________ resources include: groundwater,
lakes, reservoirs, rivers, bays, and the ___________ Ocean. Rivers
and lakes tend to contain _______________ and therefor will contain
different kids of aquatic life than those that contain only salt water.
The ______________________ ___________ is an estuary, which is
partially enclosed body of water that contains brackish water.
Brackish water is a __________ water and salt water combination.
The fresh water comes from the rivers and streams that flow into the
bay, and the salt water comes from the Atlantic ____________.

The ________________ Bay _______________ covers about half of

Virginia’s land area. The other major watersheds in Virginia are to
the ________________________________, these are in the
southwestern counties of Virginia, and the
______________________________________, these are to the
southeastern counties of Virginia. Our ________________ address
here is to the __________________________. If there is a smaller
stream or creek closer to your home, that would come first.
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