Texas Geography

Region

100

I am the region that receives the most rainfall in Texas.

What is the Coastal Plains?

200

I am the pan handle region that contains the second largest canyon of the United States.  I have the cities Amarillo and Lubbock. 

What is the Great Plains?

300

I am the region that receives the least rainfall in Texas.   I have the city El Paso. 

What is Mountains and Basins?

400

I am the region with grasslands and cross timbers.  I receive the second largest amount of rainfall in Texas.  I am the smallest region.   

What is the North Central Plains?

500

I am the region with the tallest peak in Texas and the Chihuahua Desert.  

What is Mountains and Basins?

Borders

100

Name two states that border Texas. 

What is Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana?

200

I am the large body of water bordering the east coast of Texas.  My name changed recently. 

What is the Gulf of America? 

300

I am a river that makes a border between Oklahoma and Texas.

What is the Red River?

400

I am the river that borders Texas and Louisiana. 

What is the Sabine River?

500

I am the river that borders Mexico and Texas. 

What is the Rio Grande River? 

Symbols

100

I am the state flower of Texas. 

What is bluebonnets? 

200

I am the state large mammal of Texas. 

What is the longhorn?

300

I am the state bird of Texas. 

What is the mockingbird?

400

I am the state fish of Texas.

What is the Guadalupe Bass?

500

I am the state insect.

What is the monarch butterfly?

Wildlife

100

I am the state reptile. 

What is the horned lizard?

200

I am a mammal with antlers and I am found in all the regions of Texas.  

What is a white-tailed deer?

300

I am an animal that crawls on my belly, diamonds on my back, and my bite is deadly.  

What is a western diamondback rattlesnake? 

400

I am a very large ox-like grazing mammal found on the plains of Texas.  In fact, I am the largest land mammal in North America and known for my shaggy fur, and beard.

What are bison or American Bison?

500

I am the state flying mammal of Texas.  In fact, the largest colony of my kind are in Austin Texas. 

What is the Mexican Free-tailed Bat?

Plants

100

I am a plant in the Piney Woods that eats insects. 

What is a bladderwort, pitcher plant, pink sundew, butterwort?

200

I am the state vegetable. 

What is the sweet onion?

300

I am the state plant of Texas. 

What is the prickly pear cactus?

400

I am a plant that looks a little like an aloe plant.  I am used as a sweetener and I was used for burns and an anti-inflammatory. 

What is an agave plant?

500

I am a tree that grows in your region and west.  I have thorns and my roots grow 150 feet in the ground.  

What is the mesquite tree? 

Cities

100

I am the capital city of Texas. 

What is Austin?

200

I am the most populated city in Texas. (Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, or Houston)

What is Houston?

300

I am located in the Great Plains. (Dallas, Amarillo, El Paso, Houston) 

What is Amarillo?

400

I am located in the mountains and basins region. (Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, El Paso, Amarillo)

What is El Paso?

500

I am located in the coastal plains. (Austin, Lubbock, El Paso, Amarillo)

What is Austin?