Ch 1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
The petroleum that bubbles up from the ground
Crude oil
The slow wearing away of the land by water wind or ice
Erosion
A pipe that carries water just cities and farms
Aqueduct
A place where underground water comes to the surface
Spring
A deep narrow valley with steep sides
Canyon
A hill with the flattop a smaller than a Mesa
Butte
Drylands were a little rain falls
Desert
A way to grow crops with only a small amount of water
A dry farming
A chemical made from petroleum
Petrochemical
A factory were crude oil is separated into parts
Refinery
A hill with the flattop smaller than a plateau but larger than a butte
Mesa
An area of the great plains devastated by droughts in dust storms in the 1930s
Dust bowls
Underground layers of rock or gravel that trap water
Aquifer
A period of little or no rainfall
Drought
To survive in the dry Southwest people have to
Adapt
What measures distance from east to west
Longitude
A measure of how far north or south of place is from the equator
Latitude
What is a common name for petroleum
Oil
Where is the river that makes a part of our Texas Mexico border
Rio Grande
A valuable resource found in the southwest region and is also called black gold
Petroleum
