North Carolina’s Natural Resources

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Which of these following animals is still in North Carolina today?????

How many have you actually seen in the wild?

Loam, Loam, Loam, Loam LOAM!!!!

Mixture of clay sand and decaying plants up to 36 inches deep.

Easy to plow and grow crops!

Rocks and Minerals

Location Coastal Plain Piedmont Mountains

Name of Mineral

Peat, phosphate, lime

Slate, granite, good clay, bricks, quartz

Marble, limestone, talc, rubies, sapphires, diamonds

Uses Protect plants and fertilizer

Building materials bricks

Wooded Paradise??

Many Europeans enjoyed the warm climate and variety of species

Forests cover 60% of land in NC. The variety of trees make NC the leading producer of furniture in the world

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Fishing

Off the coast fisherman can catch channel bass, sea mullet, tuna

Rivers and Water table

NC has a very high water table meaning it is easy to drill fresh water wells

NC has many rivers that provide transportation

Think like a historian…

A secondary source is written information about an event that has taken place in the past.

You are going to write a secondary account of Dr. Brickell’s picture on how North Carolina was in early 1700’s