A Land of Canyons
This wore away rock and helped carve out the Grand Canyon.
What is the Colorado River?
Arid; hot and humid; humid and windy.
What are some of the climates in the Southwest?
A natural resource that cannot be replaced by nature.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
An area that gets less than 10 inches of rain per year.
What is a dessert?
Water, ice, wind and sand.
What are the causes of erosion?
Formations in the Grand Canyon are always changing because of this.
What is erosion?
This plant provides shelter for desert wildlife.
What is the saguaro cactus?
Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas.
Where was oil struck in 1901?
Mud brick.
What is adobe?
A major nonrenewable resource in the Southwest.
What is oil?
To hike trails, learn about wildlife, go white-water rafting, and enjoy the natural beauty.
Why do people visit the Grand Canyon?
It has long shallow roots and a ribbed trunk that expands to store water.
How has the saguaro cactus adapted to little rainfall?
"Black gold" and "Texas tea."
What are nicknames for crude oil?
This word is Spanish for "village."
What is pueblo?
A gusher.
What is a well that produces lots of oil?
The Grand Canyon was made a national park to do this.
What is preserve it for future generations?
Areas with this type of climate are dry but not deserts.
What is arid?
One of the world's largest radio observatories.
What is the Very Large Array?
A grassy plain on which few trees grow.
What is a savanna?
Thunderstorms, blizzards, and tornadoes.
What are major weather events in Oklahoma?
He explored the Grand Canyon in 1869 and gave it that name.
Who was Major John Wesley Powell?
This desert stretches through Arizona and parts of Mexico and southern California.
What is the Sonoran Desert?
This state has laboratories that develop military resources and study nuclear energy.
What is New Mexico?
A factory where crude oil is separated into different chemicals.
What is a refinery?
The Johnson Space Center is located here.
What is Houston, Texas?