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Study Questions Texas Communities and Biomes
1. If you traveled an average speed of 60 miles per hour, how long would it take to drive from El Paso to Orange?

2. What is special about the mileage marker in Orange County?

3. Describe the life of a tree in a deciduous forest, beginning with spring and summer and ending with winter.

4. Name two ways in which tallgrass, mixed grass and shortgrass parries differ from each other.

5. List the two wettest areas in the state.

6. Explain why the Chihuahuan Desert gets so little rain.

7. List two plants, two invertebrates, and two mammals that you might find in Big Bend National Park.

8. List three pairs of living things that you used to build your shortgrass prairie. For example, the gopher snake eats prairie dogs.

9. Explain how fire helps the prairie.

10. List five living things you can find in the savannas of the Edwards Plateau.

11. Why is the land on the Edwards Plateau in danger?

12. Describe two interesting features of the Clymer Meadow Preserve.

13. Describe two differences between a young forest and a late forest.

14. How do foresters protect rivers and streams in managed forests? Why is this important?

15. Name two animals and one type of plant that you can see in this area.

16. Whom helps keep native plants healthy at the ABNC?

17. Describe three ways you and your family have benefited from water habitats.