Climate change key words

Question 1

biome

Answer 1

an ecosystem on a large scale that covers parts of continents and whole countries

Question 2

tundra

Answer 2

treeless regions found in the Arctic, where the climate is cold and windy, with little rainfall

Question 3

taiga (boreal) rainforest

Answer 3

areas of coniferous (evergreen) trees, found at a latitude between 50 degrees and 70 degrees, mostly in the northern hemisphere

Question 4

Indigenous people

Answer 4

the original people of a region. Some Indigenous groups still live in traditional lifestyles

Question 5

natural resources

Answer 5

materials found in the environment that are used by humans, including land, water, fossil fuels, biological resources such as timer and fish etc

Question 6

Climate

Answer 6

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period of time

Question 7

weather

Answer 7

the day to day atmospheric conditions e.g rainy, sunny, cloudy

Question 8

quaternary period

Answer 8

a period of geological time from about 2.6 million years ago to present (characterised by the appearance and development of humans)

Question 9

inter-glacial period

Answer 9

warm periods

Question 10

glacial periods

Answer 10

cold periods

Question 11

last glacial maximum

Answer 11

the last time ice covered a large portion of the earth’s surface

Question 12

climate change

Answer 12

the process of the earth’s climate changing over time