State Symbols
This bird runs fast and is our state bird.
What is roadrunner?
A flat bread made of corn or flour.
What is tortilla?
This desert covers much of southern New Mexico
What is the Chihuahuan Desert?
The capital city.
What is Santa Fe?
S-a-n-d-i-a
Sandia
This flower grows tall with white blossoms.
What is yucca?
Chile peppers can be red or ____.
What is green?
The Sandia Mountains turn this color at sunset.
What is pink or watermelon?
This city hosts the Balloon Fiesta.
What is Albuquerque?
T-o-r-t-i-l-l-a
Tortilla
This gem stone is blue-green.
What is turquoise?
This oven is made of adobe and used for baking bread.
What is horno?
White sands are made of this material.
What is gypsum?
Pueblo and ski town in northern NM.
What is Taos?
C-o-y-o-t-e
Coyote
The state nickname is “Land of ___.”
What is Enchantment?
This nut comes from pine trees and is used in snacks.
What are piñons?
This park has famous bat caves.
What is Carlsbad Caverns?
Ancient dwellings in Frijoles Canyon.
What is Bandelier National Monument?
A-l-b-u-q-u-e-r-q-u-e
Albuquerque
This is the New Mexico state question.
What is “Red or Green?”
A holiday in Old Town Albuquerque where luminarias line the streets
What is Christmas Eve?
The Rio Grande is the longest one of these in New Mexico.
What is river?
Petroglyphs can be found in this type of rock.
What is volcanic rock/basalt?
C-a-r-l-s-b-a-d C-a-v-e-r-n-s
Carlsbad Caverns