From SEA to SEA

A Varied Land

• Our country is BIG!• 3,000 miles from coast to coast• Made up of many landforms• Has Many resources– Forests, farmland, coal, oil, minerals– What is a mineral?

minerals

• A resource found in nature– Iron, silver, copper, gold

Lets fly over our country!

In the EAST!

• Atlantic coast– Low and flat– Beaches– Once were all forests and now towns

Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Mountains

• Very old mountains• They once had high, sharp peaks• Over the years they became rounded• Why???

Moving into the plains

• The land is flat again past the Appalachian• The soil is rich and farming is good!• Colorful fields!

Great Lakes

• From up above they look like giant puddles!• Formed by glaciers and ice melting

In the west!

• Rocky mountains!• They stretch from Alaska to New Mexico• They are higher, sharper and formed

thousands of years ago

Weather

• Since our country is so large-the weather is so different!

• Ecosystems are different