Regions and Life Zones
what was the first form of transportation to link CO with the rest of the US?
What is Railroads
Where do most Coloradans live?
In large cities
What is the capital in CO and its elevation?
what is Denver and 5280
Name some of the crops grown in Colorado.
potatoes, tomatoes cabbages, onions, eggplants, beets, peas, beans, wheat, peach trees
What is Colorado's state grass?
what is Blue Grama Grass
Name 3 of the regions of Colorado
Colorado Population has _______________since the 1800's
What is increased
Name the two highest peaks and and one of their elevations
What is Mount Elbert 14,439 ft, Pikes Peak 14,115 ft
The great plains region is dry so farmers need what?
what is irrigation
Describe an urban area
what is Many people living close together in buildings
Name two ways people in mountain towns support themselves
What is tourism and mining
The metal molybdnum is used for what?
What is steel
What is Colorado's nickname?
Centennial
Colorado differs from many states because its boundaries are defined by
what is latitude and longitude
Describe an rural area
What is a single family home with a lot of land around you
What is the song Katherine Lee bates wrote on Pikes Peak?
What is American the Beauriful
Underground source of water is called?
what is an aquifer
what is a Stegosaurus
What is the Continental Divide?
Imaginary line that connects the mountain peaks
Name the four corners
what are CO, AZ ,NM, and UT
Describe why the Colorado River is called the lifeblood of the Southwest?
It supplies the water that people in CO and other states needs to survive.
Higher elevations cause what
what is lower temperatures