The Geography of Texas: Vocabulary Activity (pages 36-51)

Use pages 36-51 to match the vocab words with their definitions. region an area with common features, people, and ways of living groundwater water that is located below the surface spring a place where groundwater comes to the surface barrier islands long narrow islands that lie just off the coast escarpment long steep slope or cliff plateau a level area higher than the surrounding land basin a large bowl-shaped depression natural resource anything found in nature that is useful to people renewable resource these numbers can be restored naturally over time nonrenewable resource these are available in limited supply and cannot be renewed reservoir a natural or artificial lake used to store water drought a period of little rain conserve to limit pollution chemicals and other harmful substances that can damage the water, air or land Choose a vocabulary word from the activity above and illustrate it. Be sure to LABEL your drawing with the word that you chose.