Gulf Coastal Plains
The location of the Gulf Coastal Plains
What is along the Gulf coast?
Describe the climate of the Mountains & Basins.
What is dry, less than 10" of rain, desert-y?
The location of the Great Plains.
What is red river, Colorado river, Middle-ish, higher elevation, thick grasses?
Describe the location of the North Central Plains.
What is HighER elevation, Balcones Escarpment, Caprock Escarpment?
Which region do we live in?? (pretty much a free question)
What is the Coastal Plains??
The annual average rainfall (in inches) that the Gulf Coastal Plains get
What is 30" - 55" ?
The range of elevation along the Mountains & Basins.
What is 2500 - 8700 ft. ?
Describe the climate of the Great Plains.
What is dry air, tornadoes, 15"-20" of rain, d r y
Describe the climate of the North Central Plains.
What is dry air, tornadoes, 20"-30" of rain/year, hot in summer, cold in winter?
Which regions FREQUENETLY get tornadoes??
What is Coastal Plains, Great Plains??
Name something found in nature along the Gulf Coastal Plains (Animal, plant, resource, biome, geographic feature, ect).
What is Quail, Owls, White-tailed deer, Skunks, Bobcats, Alligators, Sea turtles, Water oak, Oak, Grass, Marshlands, Wetlands, Swamps, ponds, lakes, rivers, Willow, Cypress, Lumber/Trees, Cotton, Rice, Vegetable, Grain, Oil?
Describe the location of the Mountains & Basins.
What is west, Pecos river, Rio grande?
Describe the nature/outside stuff of the Great Plains (EX: plants, wildlife, natural resources, geographical features, etc.)
What is prickly pear, Yucca, Indian paintbrush, cactus, Bison, pronghorn, rabbits/bunnies, lizards, grassland-y, elevated, oil, coal, natural gas?
Describe the outdoors/outside/nature part of the North Central Plains (EX: animals, plants, geographic features, natural resources, etc.)
What is Bluebonnets, Indian Paintbrush, Texas Oak trees, Mesquite trees, Bald cypress trees, bobcats, white tailed deer, turkey, screech owl, Mexican free-tailed bat, limestone, sand, gravel, grasslands, minerals, streams, rolling parries?
Which region takes up 1/3 of Texas' land?
What is the Gulf Coast Region??
Name a city in the Gulf Coastal Plains that is NOT Houston.
What is Austin, Dallas/Fortworth, San Antonio, Texarkana, Corpus Christi, Brownsville
Name something related to nature (Ex: Plant, Animal, Biome, Geographic features, resource, etc.)
What is Sagebrush, few trees, Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Mountains, Basins, desert-y, ?
Describe the industrial stuff of the Great Plains (ex: economic resources, cities, way of life, industries, etc.)
What is farming, oil, transportation, Amarillo, Lubbock, Abeline, San Angelo, Wititcha falls, oil?
Describe the Industrial part of the North Central plains (EX: economic resources, way of life, industries, cities)
What is Fort Worth, Abilene, San Angelo, Wititcha falls, oil, gas, fruits, airplanes, agriculture, computers, cattle ranches, farming/crops,
Which regions have Indian Sagebrushes?
What is North Central Plains, Great plains?
Give an example of a hobby, industry, or way of life.
What is Fishing, farming, shipping/boating, Using marshlands to gather fish & shrimp, Using seaports, Oil, Gas?
Name something relating to industries (Ex: An industry, way of life, cities, hobby, etc.)
What is Oil, Gas, Farming, Ranching, El Paso, Pecos, Manufacturing, Hiking, Biking, rock climbing?
Give an example of a hobby from the Great Plains.
What is birdwatching, hiking, biking?
Provide an example of a hobby.
What is fishing, hiking, ranching, farming, swimming?
WHICH region has the highest elevation, and what is the elevation? ELEVATION # IN FEET REQUIRED!!!
What is Mountains & Basins and 2500-8749 ft?