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

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Name the sub regions of the Central Plains.

What are geographic features of the Central Plains?

What is the climate like in the Central Plains?

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

What are the major cities in the Central Plains?

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

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

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

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

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

What are the major cities in the Gulf Coast Plains?

Describe the climate of the Gulf Coast Plains. Daily Double

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gulf Coast Plains $1000-Answer Tornados

What are the natural resources of the Great Plains?

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

What are the major cities in the Great Plains?

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?

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

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

Great Plains $400-Answer *Very flat land

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

Great Plains $800-Answer Edwards Aquifer

Great Plains $1000-Answer Granite

What is the climate like in the Mountains and Basins?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mountains and Basins $600-Answer Plants and shrubs

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

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

Final Jeopardy Rivers

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…

You have 30 seconds to consult… Final Jeopardy What river runs through the Gulf Coast Plains, Central Plains, and Great Plains region? You have 30 seconds to consult…

You have 15 seconds to consult… Final Jeopardy What river runs through the Gulf Coast Plains, Central Plains, and Great Plains region? You have 15 seconds to consult…

Final Jeopardy What river runs through the Gulf Coast Plains, Central Plains, and Great Plains region? Time Is Up

Final Jeopardy - Answer The Colorado River

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