Many people spend vacations on me!. Bring lots of sunscreen!

Many people spend vacations on me!

Bring lots of sunscreen!

Don’t let a Texas crab catch your toe!

I’m covered with sand dunes.

I have names like Galveston and Padre.

I protect the mainland from ocean waves.

I am a barrier island!

Creatures live in me, but they don’t need eyes.

I can rise and fall, depending on the rainfall.

I provide water forfarms and cities.

Edwards and Ogallalaare examples of me.

I am an undergroundwater reservoir.

I am an aquifer.

I can be cold orwarm.

East Texas gets about 59 inches of me each year.

West Texas averages only 9 inches of me each year.

I can be both helpful and destructive.

I arrive in the form of rain, snow, or sleet.

I amprecipitation.

Iam

weak.

I can befound all

over Texas.

I causeTexas to

havedifferent

elevations.

I am anaturalpart of

the earth’scrust.

I am afault.

Who Am I ?

I can be high or low.

Who Am I ?

I can be found allover Texas.

Who Am I ?

I may be gently rolling or

even have low hills.

Who Am I ?

“High”, “North Central”, and

“Coastal” are examples of me.

Who Am I ?

I am a generallylevel landform.

Who Am I ?

I am a plain.

My nickname is the “hill country.”

I am very rocky, so it is

hard to grow crops on me.

I am comparedto a table.

Examples of me are“Stockton” and

“Edwards.”

I am a level landform, but at a

higher altitude than my surroundings.

I am a plateau.

I am rockyand rugged.

Farmersavoidme.

I cansupport a

few sheep

or cattle.

I consistof shortgrasses,

small shrubs,

or cactii.

Iama

savanna!

I am millions of years old.

Rivers and streams havecut gashes in me.

I was created by an earthquake.

If you fall off me, it is my fault.

Balcones and Caprock are examples of me.

I am a steep cliff.

I am an escarpment.

Who Am I ?

I occur every

10 years.

Who Am I ?

I am required by the U.S.

constitution.

Who Am I ?

I determine

the number of representatives from each state.

Who Am I ?

The last time I was

used in Texas, I reached

almost 21 million.

Who Am I ?

My job is to count

the population of each

state.

Who Am I ?

I am a census.

The national heritage to whicha person belongs is called

A. gender.B. raceC. ethnicity.D. generation.

Texas rivers are called _____________ _________ because they carry water from places that need it (west), to placesthat get lots of rain (east).

wrong

way rivers

What, at 2000 miles, is thelongest river in Texas?

Texas makes up ___% of thetotal area of the United States.

Texas makes up ___% ofthe total population of theUnited States.

7

7

________________ and ________________ are the two most important mineral resources of Texas.

oil

natural gas

The only state larger thanTexas is __________.

The only state morepopulous than Texasis _______________.

Alaska

California

Texas has ____ mountains more than onemile high.

91

As one travels across Texasfrom east to west, the elevation (altitude) A. stays the same.B. decreases (gets lower).C. increases (gets higher).D. increases then decreases.

There is only one naturallake in Texas that was notcreated by damming a river.That natural lake is called_________ _______.Caddo Lake

Which 5 of the following areuses for Texas lake water?

1. shipping2. flood control3. water conservation4. waste disposal5. manufacturing6. irrigation7. water for cities and towns8. off-shore drilling

When warm air from the gulfmixes with cold air from the north, the result is ______________________.violent storms

The source of most of the rain that falls in Texas is the _________________,therefore, East/West Texas gets the most rain.

Gulf of Mexico

According to the censusof 2000, the populationof Texas is about __ million people.A. 15 B. 21C. 32 D. 43

The highest point in Texas is

A. Stockton PlateauB. Davis MountainC. Guadalupe PeakD. Caprock Escarpment

Texas mountains are part of what large chain of mountainsthat extends through the U.S?

What are three vegetativeregions in Texas?

Texas lies half way between thenorth pole and the equator.This area is known as the ____.

What are three factors thatmost affect the climate of Texas?