Kansas Geography Review

What forms Kansas's only natural border

• the Atlantic Ocean
• the Missouri River
• the Rocky Mountains
• the Ogallala Aquifer

The Permian Sea

• became the Kansas River
• exists today near Salina, Kansas
• was a prehistoric sea thousands of years ago
• made buffalo extinct

Native grasses are a valuable resource because:

• they protect the soil from erosion and catch rainwater
• they grow so tall that they offer shade to grazing cattle
• they can be cut, processed, and sold as food
• they prevent tornados

The most numerous type of animal in Kansas is

• buffalo
• insects
• birds
• cattle

Physiographic regions are

• places where there is very little water
• not found in Kansas because they are near oceans
• areas of the state defined by their geology
• those areas of the state that are the most populated

True or False: Environmentally, great differences exist between western and eastern Kansas

• True
• False

True or False: Eighty percent of a prairie is underground

• True
• False

True or False: The Ogallala Aquifer is a constantly renewing source of water in a large underground storage area in western Kansas that will never run dry

• True
• False

True or False: Kansas took legal action against Colorado claiming that Colorado used more than its share of water from the Arkansas River

• True
• False

True or False: Kansas has more tornados than any other state

• True
• False