5 themes of Kansas geography. by Nico di Angelo https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8 Made with joy en-us 2018-10-22 16:09:27 UTC 2018-10-24 16:12:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Location: littlebc https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/295546829 Kansas is the center of 48 states. There is an absolute location: 37- 40 degrees North and 94- 102 degrees West. ]]> 2018-10-22 16:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/295546829 Movement: littlebc https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/296012765
  • Before cars came out, people traveled through Kansas on horseback rides and horse carriages. They didn't have that many rides so that's the only thing they had.
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  • Humans change the environment by building new homes and buildings. People cut trees down and built shelters.The  Dust Bowl and wiped out every building and nature. But then humans started growing plants and food and Kansas kept growing.
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  • Kansas has been divided in 11 regions.
  • There are the High Plains, Red Hills, Glaciated Region, Ozark Plateau, Arkansas River Lowlands, Wellington- Mcpherson Lowlands, Cherokee Lowlands, Chautauqua Hills, Smoky Hills, Flint Hills Uplands, and Osage Cuestas.
    • ]]>     2018-10-23 15:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/296013359     Place: littlebc https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/296015142 Kansas is pretty big. It is 208 miles from north to south and 411 miles from east to west. This makes Kansas larger than the combined nine smallest states- Rhode Island Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and West Virginia. Kansas is pretty big.]]> 2018-10-23 15:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/296015142 Place: Landforms: littlebc https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/296018213
  • Kansas plants must grow and prosper in extreme temperatures.
  • Kansas prairies are characterized by either tall grass or short grasses.
    • ]]>     2018-10-23 15:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/296018213     Relative Location: littlebc https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/296021429 It is landlocked, shaped like a rectangle with a bite.Below NE, Missouri River is only a natural border.]]> 2018-10-23 15:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/296021429 Place: Water: littlebc https://padlet.com/littlebc/burb5bq0fdd8/wish/296025167
  • Water in Kansas is necessary to sustain life. 
  • Kansas has too much water or too little water.
  • Water is good for food, drinking, and bathing.
  • Lakes today are the result of food-control projects.
  • Kansas claimed that Colorado was using more water than their share.
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  • The temperature changes with the seasons.
  • The highest temperature in Kansas is 121. 
  • The weather can change so quickly it will cause tornadoes.
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  • There are many animals in Kansas. 
  • There are buffalo, deer, mountain lions, antelope, bears, wolves, foxes, otters, ferrets, tigers and more. 
  • In the western Kansas, there are animals that some people probably haven't seen on our side of Kansas.
  •  There are salamanders, snakes, turtles, jackrabbit, and prairie dog. 
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