Ch 1

Question 1

The petroleum that bubbles up from the ground

Answer 1

Crude oil

Question 2

The slow wearing away of the land by water wind or ice

Answer 2

Erosion

Question 3

A pipe that carries water just cities and farms

Answer 3

Aqueduct

Question 4

A place where underground water comes to the surface

Answer 4

Spring

Question 5

A deep narrow valley with steep sides

Answer 5

Canyon

Question 6

A hill with the flattop a smaller than a Mesa

Answer 6

Butte

Question 7

Drylands were a little rain falls

Answer 7

Desert

Question 8

A way to grow crops with only a small amount of water

Answer 8

A dry farming

Question 9

A chemical made from petroleum

Answer 9

Petrochemical

Question 10

A factory were crude oil is separated into parts

Answer 10

Refinery

Question 11

A hill with the flattop smaller than a plateau but larger than a butte

Answer 11

Mesa

Question 12

An area of the great plains devastated by droughts in dust storms in the 1930s

Answer 12

Dust bowls

Question 13

Underground layers of rock or gravel that trap water

Answer 13

Aquifer

Question 14

A period of little or no rainfall

Answer 14

Drought

Question 15

To survive in the dry Southwest people have to

Answer 15

Adapt

Question 16

What measures distance from east to west

Answer 16

Longitude

Question 17

A measure of how far north or south of place is from the equator

Answer 17

Latitude

Question 18

What is a common name for petroleum

Answer 18

Oil

Question 19

Where is the river that makes a part of our Texas Mexico border

Answer 19

Rio Grande

Question 20

A valuable resource found in the southwest region and is also called black gold

Answer 20

Petroleum