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36 Cards in this Set
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What is Kansas' ONLY natural border?
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The Missouri River
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How is Kansas relatively flat but you can climb over 4,000 feet in elevation?
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The elevation rises gradually on an incline at around 10 Feet per mile.
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How is eastern and western Kansas different (Environmentally)
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Eastern: Wooded Areas and rolling hills
Western: High Plains |
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What is a plain?
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A flat, tree less landscape that receives low levels of rainfall.
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Where are the Great Plains?
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Stretch from Texas to Canada
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Where do prairie grasses usually grow?
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Where it is too wet to be desert, but to dry for forest.
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Why is the prairie partly underground?
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Because prairie plants have long roots
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The size of Kansas?
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East to West: 411 Miles
North to South: 208 Miles |
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What was the Permian sea?
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It was a warm salt water ocean that was home to plants, fish, birds, and reptiles. It once covered Kansas.
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The Permian sea created natural resources such as...
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Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas.
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We have what evidence from the sea?
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Marine Fossils and layers and salt were found.
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Describe the Flint Hills.
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a Band of Hills composed of limestone and shale.
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What is the Ogallala Aquifer?
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A reservoir under farms and ranches under Western Kansas
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When was it created (Ogallala)
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Millions of years ago
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This water is mainly used for what?
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Irrigation
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Why isn't the water easily replenished in the Ogallala?
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Because in Western Kansas the dry winds evaporate the water, and the crusty substance below the soil keep water from draining into the aquifer.
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How were most of the larger lakes in Kansas formed?
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Most of the lakes were formed for flood control projects, like dams, and were built to control the flow of the water.
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Four Extreme weather conditions that occur in Kansas are?
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Drought, Blizzard, Tornadoes, Flood
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What ways can the extreme weather conditions affect our economy?
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Kill Crops and in extreme temperatures can kill livestock.
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Why is Kansas the "Sunflower State"
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Because there are 12 species of sunflowers in Kansas.
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What do prairie fires do to benefit the environment in the prairie?
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It allows the old to die off and new growth to begin.
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What is the state tree of Kansas?
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The Cottonwood.
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What was the grasshopper invasion like in the 1870s?
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It was a destructive invasion on crops. IT was said that the grass hoppers devoured the crops and blocked the sun, and there was a very loud buzzing sound like rain.
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Kansas is divided into 11 what?
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Physiographic Regions
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What are high plains?
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Flatlands, originally formed by sediments from the Rocky Mts.
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Why are the Red Hills appearance different than most of Kansas?
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The hills contain iron oxide.
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Under this region you can find a supply of water and salt.
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WELLington McPherson Lowlands
(Remember Well for water) |
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This region is one of the last tall grass prairies in the country.
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Flint Hill Uplands
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This region is characterized by red quartzite boulders.
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Glaciated Regions
(Remember GLACIATED...Quartz) |
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Due to the medium-tall grasses that cover the hills, this region is not cultivated, but instead used for grazing.
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Chautauqua Hills
(Remember Chautauqua meaning Indian tribe and they planted the grasses) |
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This region contains limestone and is covered with hardwood tress.
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Ozark Plateau
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This region contains cliffs that face east and slope to the west.
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Osage Cuestas
(Remember this is the one we live in) |
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This region is formed of rocks from the Rocky Mountains.
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Arkansas River Lowlands
(Remember...at the bottom of rivers there are rocks and there are many rocks from the Rocky Mts here) |
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This region is known for sandstone, limestone, and chalk that can be found there.
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Smoky Hills
(Remember to melt rock you will have SMOKE and there are lots of rocks here) |
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This is a coal-mining region, as well as a good agricultural region.
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Cherokee Lowlands
(Remember Cherokee by the Jeep...to mine you would go down in a Jeep) |
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In what ways in Kansas linked to the rest of the world.
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Products are Imported
Products exported: Wheat and Livestock Connected by: Email, Phone, Internet, and satellite |
