Region
Plateau
Mountain
Desert
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100
Southwest
What region of the USA is Arizona located in?
100
Erosion by the Colorado River
How was the Grand Canyon formed?
100
These are large bowl-shaped areas of land or valleys.
What are basins?
100
the two major cities located in the desert region
What are Phoenix and Tucson?
100
This is the largest region.
What is the desert region?
200
the state located directly east of AZ
What is New Mexico?
200
Highest point in AZ standing 12,633 feet tall
What is Humphrey's Peak?
200
Located in the White Mountains, this is the 2nd highest point in the state.
What is Mount Baldy?
200
Fish hook, prickly pear, devil's fingers, pin cushion, barrel
What are some cacti names?
200
the number of years landforms take to form
What are millions of years?
300
the state located directly north of AZ
What is Utah?
300
these have "painted" the rocks and sand of the Painted Desert
What are minerals?
300
Steep cliffs extending nearly 200 miles along the southern edge of the Plateau region.
What is the Mogollon Rim?
300
In the middle of southern Arizona, this large, dry area includes several mountain ranges.
What is the Sonoran Desert?
300
This landform was here before the Grand Canyon was formed.
What is a plateau?
400
the NATURAL western border of AZ
What is the Colorado River?
400
the term when wood turns into rock
What is petrified wood?
400
These are places where water is collected and stored.
What is a reservoir?
400
word describing a place that gets "little water" (rain)
What is arid?
400
This is the plural for cactus.
What are cacti?
500
name the states that join at Four Corners
What are Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado?
500
wood, water, volcanic ash, mud, time
What are the five things needed to petrify wood?
500
This is the reason the top of Mount Baldy is off-limits to hikers.
What is sacred Apache ground?
500
the amount of rainfall a desert receives each year
What is seven inches?
500
Over millions of years, these form mountains.
What are the plates under the Earth's surface?
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