2. Central Plains
Gulf Coast Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
$200
$200
$200
$200
$400
$400
$400
$400
$600
$600
$600
$600
$800
$800
$800
$800
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000

3. Central Plains
Gulf Coast Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
$200
$200
$200
$200
$400
$400
$400
$400
$600
$600
$600
$600
$800
$800
$800
$800
$1000
$1000
$1000
$1000

4. Name the sub regions of the Central Plains.

5. What are geographic features of the Central Plains?

6. What is the climate like in the Central Plains?

7. What are the natural and economic resources in the Central Plains?

8. What are the major cities in the Central Plains?

9. Central Plains $200-Answer
*Cross Timbers
*Grand Prairie
*Lower Plains

10. Central Plains $400-Answer
*Rolling grassy lands
*Thick grasses
*Cross Timbers area - large areas of hardwood trees
*Limestone rock
*Higher elevation because limestone doesn't wear down easily

11. Central Plains $600-Answer
*Drier air
*Tornados
*20-30 inches of rain per year

12. Central Plains $800-Answer
*Limestone
*Minerals
*Stream
*Farming
*Ranching (Angora goats)
*Oil and gas
*Cedar trees

13. Central Plains $1000-Answer
*Fort Worth
*San Angelo
*Wichita Falls
*Abilene

14. What are the major cities in the Gulf Coast Plains?

15. Describe the climate of the Gulf Coast Plains.
Daily Double

16. What are the natural resources for the Coastal Plains Region?
Gulf Coast Plains $600
What are the natural resources for the Coastal Plains Region?

17. What are the economic resources for the Coastal Plains?
Gulf Coast Plains $800
What are the economic resources for the Coastal Plains?

18. Gulf Coast Plains $1000
What do the Gulf Coast Plains and the North Central Plains have in common?

19. Gulf Coast Plains $200-Answer
*Austin
*Houston
*Dallas
*San Antonio
*Texarkana
*Corpus Christi
*Brownsville

20. Gulf Coast Plains $400-Answer
*Hot and damp, humid
*Tornados, hurricanes
*30-55 inches of rain per year
*Receives the most precipitation each year

21. Gulf Coast Plains $600-Answer
*Plants - pine trees, hardwood trees (elm, oak, cottonwood, pecan)
*Various Animals
*Minerals
*Bodies of water

22. Gulf Coast Plains $800-Answer
*Farming
*Fishing
*Ranching
*Tree farms
*Oil and gas
*Factories
*Ports

23. Gulf Coast Plains $1000-Answer
Tornados

24. What are the natural resources of the Great Plains?

25. Describe the High Plains sub-region of the Great Plains.

26. What are the major cities in the Great Plains?

27. San Antonio relies on water from what source for its population?
Great Plains $800
San Antonio relies on water from what source for its population?

28. The Llano Basin, in the Great Plains, is primarily made of what?

29. Great Plains $200-Answer
*Limestone
*Granite
*Aquifer
*Vast farming area

30. Great Plains $400-Answer
*Very flat land

31. Great Plains $600-Answer
*Amarillo
*Lubbock
*Midland
*Odessa

32. Great Plains $800-Answer
Edwards Aquifer

33. Great Plains $1000-Answer
Granite

34. What is the climate like in the Mountains and Basins?

35. What is the highest point in Texas?
Mountains and Basins $400
What is the highest point in Texas?

36. What are the natural resources for the Mountains and Basins region?

37. What are the economic resources for the Mountains and Basins region?

38. What are the major cities in the Mountains and Basins region?

39. Mountains and Basins $200-Answer
*Driest part of the state
*8-20 inches of rain per year (20 inches in the mountains)
*Hot days, cool nights

40. Category 4 $400-Answer
Guadalupe Peak-8,749 feet

41. Mountains and Basins $600-Answer
Plants and shrubs

42. Mountains and Basins $800-Answer
*Farming
*Tourism
*Ranching
*Oil and gas

43. Mountains and Basins $1000-Answer
*El Paso
*Pecos
*Monahans
*Fort Davis

44. Final Jeopardy
Rivers

45. You have 1 minute to consult…
Final Jeopardy
What river runs through the Gulf Coast Plains, Central Plains, and Great Plains region?
You have 1 minute to consult…

46. You have 30 seconds to consult…
Final Jeopardy
What river runs through the Gulf Coast Plains, Central Plains, and Great Plains region?
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47. You have 15 seconds to consult…
Final Jeopardy
What river runs through the Gulf Coast Plains, Central Plains, and Great Plains region?
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48. Final Jeopardy
What river runs through the Gulf Coast Plains, Central Plains, and Great Plains region?
Time Is Up

49. Final Jeopardy - Answer
The Colorado River

50. Jeopardy
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