Meanings
Meanings
Meanings
Meanings
Meanings
100
What is a natural resource?
Things found in nature that people use.
100
What is a landform?
A natural land feature such as a mountain, hill, or plain.
100
Mammoths no longer exist because they became _________.
extinct
100
This region is known for the many rivers, where there is great soil for farming and ranching.
The Great Plains
100
What are the six regions of Nebraska?
The Till Plains, The Great Plains, The Sandhills, The Wildcat Hills and the Pine Ridge, The Badlands, and The High Plains.
200
What is a renewable resource?
These resources will probably always be around or here.
200
Some animals become _____________ because their lives are threatened and they are in danger of becoming extinct.
endangered
200
What is sediment?
Matter such as sand, dirt, shells, and plants that settles on dead animals or bones.
200
This region has dry, sandy areas with many flat plains, bluffs and buttes.
The High Plains
200
What is a butte?
A high steep tablelands with almost flat tops.
300
What is a drought?
A very dry time.
300
Some birds might ___________ through Nebraska during the spring.
migrate
300
What is an Archaeologist?
A scientist who studies artifacts and other clues to learn how people lived in the past.
300
This region is rough and rocky and has odd-looking landforms called toadstools.
The Badlands
300
What is an aquifer?
Water trapped underground in layers of rock. Its like a large storage tank of water.
400
What is a non-renewable resource?
A resource that when it is used up, it will be gone forever.
400
__________ are often found in rocks and show the remains of plants or animals.
Fossils
400
What is a geologist?
A scientist who studies the soil and rocks to see how Earth was formed.
400
This region has lots of hills of sand. The grass also helps keep the sand from blowing.
The Sandhills
400
What is a glacier?
A mountain of ice and snow that moves.
500
What is a reservoir?
Man-made lakes.
500
Geologists are scientists who study the _______ and _______ to see how Earth was formed.
rocks; soil
500
This is the region that Gretna is located in.
The Till Plains
500
This region is actually combined to two. They have very high hills that look like low mountains. Bighorn sheep live in the higher areas.
The Wildcat Hills and the Pine Ridge
500
What is the best city is Nebraska?
GRETNA of course!! :)
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