Vocabulary 1
To dig in the earth in search of minerals or coal.
What is mine?
A large farm where livestock is raised.
What is ranch?
The least populated state in U.S.A.
What is Wyoming?
A tiny lobster like creature in this region (ha a deadly stingr and is a member of the archnid family)
What is scorpion?
There is so little rain in Southern California that engineers built these plants?
What are desalination Plants?
Both Alaska and Hawaii have many of these due to their location in the ring of fire.
What are volcanoes?
A naturally occuring hot spring in which hot water and steam are released from the ground up into the air in a tall stream.
What is geyser?
A steep narrow canyon.
What is gorge?
The oldest National Park.
What is Yellowstone?
The state with the most amount of cattle ranches.(also is home to mission control for NASA)
What is Texas?
If you live in the Pacific Northwest you may have a job in this industry?
What is logging?
This state is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
What is Hawaii?
Melted rock inside Earth’s crust
What is magma?
The process of removing salt from water.
What is desalination?
The largest City in the Rockies. (aka the "mile high city")
What is Denver?
The symbol for Texas.
What is the cowboy?
If you visit San Francisco you may ride on one of these to travel the steep hills.
What is a cable car?
This state is double the size of Texas.
What is Alaska?
A large slow-moving mass of compacted snow or ice.
What is glacier?
A mountain that has cracks leading to openings deep inside the Earth from which hot, melted rock my sometimes erupt.
What is volcano?
Tourism (especially skiing) is big industry in this state.
What is Utah?
In Arizona, you will find this little bird who would rather run than fly.
What is the road runner/
East and North East of Los Angeles, California you will find this Mountain range
What is the Sierra Nevada Mountain range?
Volcanoes can be found in both Alaska and Hawaii. True or False?
What is True?
An oil rich area where equipment is set upto remove the oil from the ground.
What is oil field?
The series of government supported efforts to explore outer space.
What is spae program?
Potatoes are grown in this state.
What is Idaho?
In Arizona, you will also find this tourist attraction that was formed by glaciers and the Colorado River.
What is the Grand Canyon?
If you live in the Pacific northwest, it rains alot due to this mountain range.
What is the Cascade Mountain range?
When magma (melted rock) comes to the surface it is called this.
What is lava?