Row 1
What is the easternmost area of Texas covered with?
Forests
What is the name of the highest point in the state of Texas?
Guadalupe Peak
What is the name of the longest river in Texas?
The Rio Grande
What is Texas one of the nation's leaders in?
Shipping goods to other countries.
Texas is far closer to the equator than the ______________.
North Pole
What phrase is used to describe crop watering?
Irrigation
What is the name of the largest body of water in Texas, which is a valuable resource?
Gulf of Mexico
What's the name of one of Texas' shortest rivers, which rises from a spring and flows for less than three miles?
The Comal
What river flows 550 miles across the prairies of North Texas and the woodlands of East Texas before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico?
The Trinity River
What year did Texas get the biggest snowfall on record?
1956
What is the term for cold fronts or air masses?
Northers
What are the strong funnel-shaped storms that form within severe thunderstorms known as?
Tornadoes
What are the four major landforms in Texas?
Hills, Mountains, Plains, and Plateaus.
In the winter, what keeps the Texas coastal areas warm?
The Gulf
Lady Bird Johnson spearheaded the drive to plant ______________ along the state's roadways.
Bluebonnets and other Wildflowers
What river travels 600 miles throughout Texas?
Colorado River
High temperatures are especially common in the _________________ and north-central Texas.
Rio Grande Valley
When does hurricane season begin?
Midsummer
What is the largest subterranean water source in Texas?
Ogallala Aquifer
Texas is located on the southern boundary of _____________, a Midwestern region in the United States.
Tornado Alley
What is the phrase for soil loss?
Erosion
What is the name given to artificial lakes used to store water?
Reservoirs
What is the name of a smaller stream or river that joins a larger stream or river?
Tributaries
Where is Texas located in the United States?
North of Mexico, west of Louisiana, south of Oklahoma, and east of New Mexico.
Texans constructed dams along rivers to prevent floods and produce what?
Electricity
What is the name given to natural gravel, rock, and sand formations that trap and retain rainwater underground?
Aquifers
What is the name for an environmentally friendly home?
Habitat
Mountain groups are referred to as?
Ranges
Which part of Texas receives the most rainfall?
The Eastern Third of Texas
What is the name given to areas of flat elevated ground with severe drops on one or more sides?
Plateaus
A norther's effects can be felt as far south as _________________, and in the winter, a northern air mass can bring frigid winds, ice, and snow.
Central Texas and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
What is the largest natural lake in Texas?
Caddo Lake
What is the name given to areas of flat or gently rolling land that do not have a significant elevation change?
Plains
What is the name given to an area's long-term weather pattern?
Climate
Located west of the Hill Country, this area rises from east to west.
Edwards Plateau
What incident nearly wiped out Texas' cattle sector for over a decade?
The Great Blizzard of 1886- 87
What factors influence the state's climate, particularly its temperature?
Location
What is South Texas known as because it is covered in bushes and small trees?
Brush Country
What is the name given to extended periods of lack of rainfall?
Drought
Who was President Lyndon B. Johnson's wife who worked to beautify Texas highways?
Lady Bird Johnson
What Center did Lady Bird Johnson help establish in Austin?
National Wildflower Research Center in Austin
What is the probable number of streams in Texas?
Some 11,000 streams
What does it mean to die out or disappear completely?
Extinct
How many square miles does the Ogalla Aquifer cover?
174,000 square miles
What is the name given to a natural outpouring of water from underground?
A Spring
What water source supplies water to San Antonio, Austin, and the rest of Central Texas?
Edwards Aquifer
Which body of water serves as an air conditioner on the Texas coast?
Gulf of Mexico
The Rio Grande forms the international border between the United States and Mexico, and it is how long?
1,254 miles
What animal species are endangered or at risk of extinction in Texas?
The Whooping crane and the Attwater Prairie Chicken
What is the name for moisture that falls as rain, snow, sleet, hail, or mist?
Precipitation