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Kansas Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Permian Sea | a great inland sea that covered most of Kansas and was home to many plants, huge fish, swimming birds, and reptiles |
| Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve | located in the Flint Hills, national preserve conserving the once large area of prairie in Kansas |
| Ogallala Aquifer | a large underground reservoir that allows western Kansas farmers to irrigate their crops |
| Cheyenne Bottoms | one of the few natural lakes in Kansas and is home to waterfowl that stop and feed here while migrating |
| Kansas climate | an array of extremes ranging from drought, snow, tornadoes, and hail |
| Kansas grasslands | protects the soil from erosion and makes it fertile, it also allows Kansas to become a leading state in cattle ranching |
| Kansas woodlands | prevalent in eastern Kansas, confined to the banks of streams and rivers and are made up of hardwoods like cottonwood, elm, oak, and walnut trees |
| Early Kansas animals | buffalo, pronghorn antelope, mountain lions, grizzly bears, black bears, and gray wolves |
| Current Kansas animals | fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals; including frogs, salamanders, snakes, turtles, deer, opossum, raccoon, jackrabbits, and prairie dogs |
| Kansas insects | grasshoppers, bees, wasps, mosquitoes, moths, ladybugs, praying mantis, among other types |
| High Plains | defined by its flatlands, originally formed by sediments from the Rocky Mountains |
| Red Hills | defined by its hills that are red from iron oxide |
| Glaciated Region | gets its name from a feature that once covered the northern part of the United States and deposited red quartzite boulders that can be seen today |
| Ozark Plateau | defined by the area where the land is hilly and covered with hardwood trees |
| Arkansas River Lowlands | defined by a feature cutting through the high plains of western Kansas |
| Wellington – McPherson Lowlands | defined by the features of sand dunes covered with grasses and is known for its deposits of salt |
| Cherokee Lowlands | defined by the gentle rolling landscape of very fertile soil and is known for its deposits of coal |
| Chautauqua Hills | defined by its low hills topped with sandstone where the land is not cultivated but is used as grazing land |
| Smoky Hills | defined by its hilly landscape that contains sandstone, limestone, and chalk and is known for its haze in the early mornings |
| Flint Hills Uplands | defined by its rolling hills that are made up of limestone and shale, making the soil rocky and is one of the last tallgrass prairies in the country |
| Osage Cuesta | defined by its east-facing cliffs with gentle slopes to the west |
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