Why is the Grand Canyon always wearing away and changing?
What 3 things are carried by the river that helped cut the canyon?
Which river helped dissolve and wear away the rock of the Grand Canyon?
List other factors that cause the Grand Canyon to wear away.
Give some reasons why people might visit the Grand Canyon.
Who wanted to preserve the Grand Canyon's beauty and made it a national park in 1919?
The Southwest region has a variety of ______________ with wide differences in temperature and precipitation.
What is an area that gets less than ten inches of rain each year.
What kind of climate is dry, but not a desert?
What is the symbol of the Southwest region?
Many people went to Texas in search of what?
Oil comes out of the ground as a thick, black liquid called what?
What does nonrenewable resource mean?
Name at least 2 products that oil can be used in.
What is an oil well that produces a large amount of oil?
What state manufactures electronic equipment, space vehicles, aircraft, and missiles?
What state develops military resources and studies nuclear energy?
What state makes computers, radios, calculators, and electronic equipment?
What state has companies that assist the electronic, aviation, and space industries?
Name the 4 Southwest states.
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Label the Southwest states on a map.
erosion happens all the time
sand, gravel, boulders
Colorado River
rainwater, wind, sand, gravel, boulders
1. Visitors can walk along the canyon edge. 2. Park rangers can tell visitors about the wildlife of the canyon. 3. It is exciting to hike into the canyon on one of the trails.
President Theodore Roosevelt
climates
desert
arid
cactus
oil and natural gas
crude oil
a resource that can't be replaced by nature
gasoline, airplane fuel, clothing fibers, detergents, asphalt, medicines
gusher
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma
AZ
NM
TX
OK
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