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Maps
100
Texas is located on this continent.
What is North America
100
An area made up of places that have the same physical features.
What is natural region.
100
The kind of weather that a place has most often is...
What is climate.
100
This word also means plant life.
What is vegetation.
100
Show me longitude...
North to south
200
Texas is located in what region of the United States.
What is the south.
200
The shapes that make up Earth's surface is a.....
What is a landform
200
A long time with little or no rain is...
What is a drought.
200
This is like a wetland and has plenty of tall grasses.
What is a marsh
200
Show me latitude.
East to west
300
Give me an example of relative location.
Answers will vary.
300
What are 3 of the natural regions of Texas?
Gulf Coastal Plain, Central Plains, High Plains, Mountians and Basins.
300
What body of water effects the climate of Texas the most?
What is The Gulf of Mexico.
300
This person started the National Wildflower Research Center and cared for the environment?
Who is Lady Bird Johnson.
300
Prime meridan is where on a globe?
north to south... splits up east and west hemisperes
400
Name 3 of the 4 states that border Texas
What are Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana, and New Mexico.
400
A smaller river that flows into a bigger river is a ....
What is a tributary
400
Dry land with few plants is a....
What is desert.
400
Texas is the _________________ biggest state.
What is 2nd biggest
400
The equator splits up the _______________ and __________________.
What is North and south hemispheres
500
What is a boundary and what river makes a boundary between Mexico and Texas?
Boundary- border or outside of the edge of a place Rio Grande
500
How does a floodplain work?
The low flat land on the sides of the river collect water and trap it so it doesn't flood areas where humans live.
500
What is a hurricane?
A huge storm with heavy rain and winds that speeds of 74 mph.
500
Why has the use of Texas's land changed?
Due to the use for fields of cotton, wheat and other grains that are grown
500
What does it mean if lines of longitude are parallell?
They will never intersect or cross.
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