Chapter 7 Vocabulary

Question 1

Isthmus

Answer 1

a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

Question 2

Archipelago

Answer 2

a group of islands.

Question 3

Escarpment

Answer 3

a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.

Question 4

Llanos

Answer 4

treeless grassy plain.

Question 5

Pampas

Answer 5

extensive, treeless plains in South America.

Question 6

Tributary

Answer 6

A river that feeds into another bigger river

Question 7

Estuary

Answer 7

the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.

Question 8

Gasohol

Answer 8

a mixture of gasoline and ethyl alcohol used as fuel in internal combustion engines.

Question 9

Tropics

Answer 9

the parallel of latitude 23°26ʹ north tropic of Cancer or south tropic of Capricorn of the equator.

Question 10

Rainforest

Answer 10

a luxuriant, dense forest rich in biodiversity, found typically in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall.

Question 11

Canopy

Answer 11

In forest ecology, canopy also refers to the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms (epiphytes, lianas, arboreal animals, etc.). Sometimes the term canopy is used to refer to the extent of the outer layer of leaves of an individual tree or group of trees.

Question 12

Altitude

Answer 12

The height above sea level

Question 13

Subregion

Answer 13

a division of a region.