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