Geography of Arizona

Vocabulary

100

The height above sea level

What is elevation?

200

The washing away of soil by rain, wind and rivers

What is erosion?

300

Small supply of something like water

What is scarcity?

400

A giant wall of blowing dust

What is a haboob?

500

A place that is described as plenty of open space

What is rural?

Regions/ Wildlife

100

The three regions of Arizona

What are the plateau, mountain and desert?

200

A bowl-shaped area of land

What is a basin?

300

Famous physical feature of Arizona located in the plateau region formed by the Colorado River

What is the Grand Canyon?

400

What plants in the desert region had to do in order to survive

What is adapt?

500

The official state mammal, bird and reptile. 

What is the ringtail cat, the cactus wren and the Arizona ridge nosed rattlesnake?

Resources

100

The mineral Arizona has produced the most of

What is copper?

200

The 5 C's of Arizona

What is climate, copper, cotton, citrus and cattle?

300

Things found in nature such as gold, minerals, water, wood

What are natural resources?

400

The agricultural products we produce here in Arizona (hint: it's connected to the 5 C's)

What is cotton, citrus, and cattle?

500

Holds back floodwater and stores water for times of drought

What is a dam?

And more...

100

The daily conditions outside

What is weather

200

Arizona being closer to the equator and gets more sunlight

What is why Arizona is a hot place?

300

Use alert systems, create emergency plans and shelter inside

What is being prepared for bad weather?

400

Mining towns grew, fields grew more food, railroads were built for easier transportation. 

What is people continued to move to Arizona? 

500

Customs, traditions, history, and celebrations of the way of life people have.

What is culture?