States/Capitals
Resources
Physical Features
Fact/Opinion
Dry Southwest
100
My capital is Phoenix.
What is Arizona.
100
Form of petroleum that bubbles up from the ground.
What is crude oil.
100
I am a hill with a flat top that is smaller than a mesa.
What is butte.
100
Petroleum provides jobs for different kinds of workers.
What is Fact.
100
This a way to grow crops with only rain water.
What is dry farming.
200
This is the capital of Oklahoma.
What is Oklahoma City.
200
I am a chemical made from petroluem
What is petrochemicals.
200
I am a deep, narrow valley with steep sides
What is canyon.
200
Finding oil is very fun and exciting.
What is Opinion.
200
I am a major drought that took place in the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl.
300
Austin is my capital.
What is Texas.
300
I am a factory where crude oil is separated into parts that can be used.
What is refinery.
300
A hill with a flat top.
What is Mesa.
300
Adaptation is changing in order to survive in a certain environment.
What is Fact.
300
How has the saquaro cactus adapted to its environment?
It stores large amounts of water in its trunk to survive during the long dry season.
400
This is the largest city in Texas
What is Houston.
400
I am an underground layer of rock or gravel that traps water.
What is aquifer.
400
I am in desert in Arizona.
What is the Sonoran Desert.
400
Find a opinion sentence: Erosion has carved canyons, mesas, and buttes. Canyons are the most beautiful features in the southwest. Millions of visitors go to the Grand Canyon National Park each year.
What is Canyons are the most beautiful features in the southwest
400
2 causes of the Dust Bowl.
What is drought, erosion.
500
What is the postal abbreviations for Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma.
What is AZ, NM, TX, and OK.
500
Five different products made from crude oil.
What is examples from light, medium, and heavy fractions.
500
Name 3 rivers in the Southwest.
What is Colorado, Pecos, Red, Arkansas river, and the Rio Grande.
500
One fact and one opinion about the petroleum industry.
What is several examples.
500
List at least 2 effects of the Dust Bowl.
What is decreased agricultural production, dried-up aquifers, and people leave the area.