Texas Regions
What region is El Paso in?
Mountains and Basins
What are the three types of communities?
Urban, Suburban, and Rural
What are properties?
A way to describe something using their features
What is manmade resource?
What is one major body of water near Houston?
Gulf of Mexico
Which direction would you go to get the Central Plains from San Antonio?
North
Urban Cities
Describe the rocks you saw using their size.
We saw small rocks in the classroom
What is natural resource?
Something you can find in nature, already in the environment, that we can use
Who was the first Mexican American woman in the Texas Legislature?
Irma Rangel
What natural disaster affects Dallas?
Tornadoes
Which community has many houses, many cars, schools, and some space for parks and stores?
Suburban
Describe rocks using their texture
Smooth, Rough, Slimy, Bumpy, Pointy, Sharp etc.
Are trees manmade or natural resource?
Natural
Which city is the capital of Texas?
Austin
Which region is San Antonio in? For extra point, name another city in this region.
Coastal
Which community has lots of space, not many people, and lots of animals and farms?
Rural
Describe rocks using their mass
Heavy/Light
Are cars natural or manmade resources?
Who is the governor of Texas?
Greg Abbott
Name the four regions of Texas
Coastal Plains, Central Plains, High (Great) Plains, Mountains and Basins
Which community do we live in and WHY?
Suburban BECAUSE we are not as crowded as cities and there are not as much space as rural areas.
Using a property word, describe the whiteboard.
Smooth, White, Flat, Heavy, etc.
Manmade
What is the building called where the Texas governor works?
Texas Capitol Building