Florida

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/florida

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in Florida?Over 23 million (as of 2020)
2. How big is Florida?65,758 square miles (170,310 km2), ranking 22nd in the U.S
3. What is the key economic sectors?Tourism, hospitality, agriculture, real estate, transportation
4. What shape does Florida look like?Florida looks like a big boot, a boot-shaped peninsula that sticks out into the ocean.
5. Why does Florida have the longest coast in the United States?Because it is a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, giving it a very long shoreline of about 1,350 miles.

Peninsula: A landmass surrounded by water on three sides but connected to a mainland.
Contiguous United States: The 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
Gross State Product (GSP): The total market value of all final goods and services produced in a state in a given period.