Unit 2 Vocabulary

What is any event that occurs on Earth and causes significant changes or damage to the Earth's surface?

• ecoregion

• weathering

• watershed

• catastrophic event

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are areas of land defined by the climate, geography, plants, and animals that are supported in that area?

• erosion

• ecoregion

• abrasion

• deposition

What is the ecoregion in East Texas with massive pine forests?

• Prairies and Lakes

• Panhandle Plains

• Pineywoods

• Gulf Coast

What is the ecoregion in the northern most part of Texas that is mostly flat, experiences little precipitation and high winds?

• Pineywoods

• Panhandle Plains

• Hill Country

• Big Bend

What is the ecoregion located in north central Texas with rolling plains, many streams and lakes, and an abundant amount of farmland?

• Prairies and Lakes

• South Texas Plains

• Hill Country

• Big Bend

What is the ecoregion that boarders the Gulf of Mexico, experiences high rates of precipitation and warm temperatures?

• Panhandle Plains

• Prairies and Lakes

• South Texas Plains

• Gulf Coast

What is the ecoregion found in central Texas that is characterized by its rolling hills and limestone caves.

• Big Bend

• Prairies and Lakes

• Hill Country

• Panhandle Plains

What is the ecoregion found in the westernmost part of Texas, also known as Trans Pecos, and is very dry and mountainous with desert-like conditions in some areas?

• Big Bend

• Pineywoods

• South Texas Plains

• Hill Country

What is the southernmost ecoregion in Texas the used to be covered with grasses, but due to overgrazing, it is now covered by woody plants?

• South Texas Plains

• Prairies and Lakes

• Pineywoods

• Panhandle Plains

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the chemical or physical process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• ecoregion