Southwest Region Vocabulary

The process of wearing away soil and rock

• Erosion

• Natural gas

• Refinery

• Tornado

A fossil fuel

• Erosion

• Natural Gas

• Arid

• Refinery

A factory that separates crude oil into different groups of chemicals

• Erosion

• Natural Gas

• Refinery

• Arid

A very dry climate

• Arid

• Semi-arid

• Savanna

• Air mass

A dry climate that receives some rain

• Semi-arid

• Arid

• Air mass

• Savanna

A body of air with the same temperature and humidity

• Air mass

• Arid

• Semi-arid

• Savanna

A grassy plain with scattered trees

• Savanna

• Air mass

• Aris

• Semi-arid