Unit 5: The Southwest

a hill or small plateau with a flat top and steep sides

• plateau
• butte
• mesa

Austin, ___

Oklahoma City, ___

Santa Fe, ___

Phoenix, ___

the process of the sun's heat turning water into gas

• precipitation
• condensation
• evaporation

a landscaping method that conserves water

• Xeriscaping
• Hydroponics
• Aquaponics

a place where people use instruments, such as telescopes, for observation of objects and events in space

• Planetarium
• Laboratory
• Observatory

to dig out the bottom and sides of a waterway to make it deeper and wider

• Sedimentation
• Excavate

• Dredge

a factory that turns crude oil into useful products, such as gasoline and other fuels

• oil distillery
• petroleum plant
• refinery