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2. They carry water from dry areas to wet areas.

3. What are “wrong-way” rivers?

4. A declining source of water under the high plains that can’t easily be replenished

5. What is the Ogallala Aquifer?

6. 3 types of natural vegetative regions in Texas

7. What are forests, grasslands, and savannahs?

8. The two most valuable mineral resources found in Texas

9. What are petroleum and natural gas?

10. 3 factors that directly affect Texas climate

11. What are absolute location, relative location, and elevation?

12. 153

13. What is the average number of tornadoes each year in Texas?

14. A valuable resource in Texas that is responsible for over $40 billion in annual income

15. What is Texas soil?

16. Located midway between the equator and the north pole

17. What are the “middle latitudes?”

18. The source of most of the rain that falls in Texas

19. What is the Gulf of Mexico?

20. Determines the number of U.S. representatives from the state of Texas

21. What is a census?

22. Total percent of U.S. area and population represented by Texas?

23. What is 7?

24. 2,000 miles in length and created by an earthquake

25. What is the Rio Grande?

26. The only “natural” lake in Texas

27. What is Caddo Lake?

28. The only state larger in size than Texas

29. What is Alaska?

30. Number of mountains in Texas higher than one mile

31. What is 91?

32. 8,749 feet high, and the highest point in Texas

33. What is Guadalupe Peak?

34. The population of Texas in 2000.

35. What is 21 million?

36. This increases steadily as you travel Texas from east to west.

37. What is elevation (or altitude)?

38. The result of moisture-filled air traveling up the mountainside and cooling

39. What is rain?

40. Has a population of 67 people

41. What is Loving County?

42. Includes location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region

43. What are the themes of geography?

44. Has steep cliffs, is flat on top, and has a higher elevation than the surrounding area

45. What is a plateau?

46. The national or cultural heritage to which one belongs

47. What is ethnicity?

48. Grassland with few trees and drought-resistant plants

49. What is savannah?

50. A steep cliff

51. What is an escarpment?