Describing the world Flashcards
Very dry and without enough rain for plants:
“The desert is so _ that nothing can grow there.”
Arid
Plants in general, or plants that are found in a particular area:
“The railway track will have to be cleared of _ if it is to be used again.”
Vegetation
(of a tree) producing cones, and having leaves that do not fall off in the winter
Coniferous
A _ tree loses its leaves in autumn and grows new ones in the spring
deciduous
A wide area of flat land without trees in Canada and the northern US
Prairie
Fields planted with rice growing in water
Paddy fields
A plant that is grown to produce grain
Cereals
To care for something or someone:
He carefully _ his sunflower plants.
Tend
The most noticeable or important position:
“His team is at the _ of scientific research into vaccines.”
The forefront
=produce
Generate
Wide range of people of different etnicities
Vibrant mixture of peoples
To be related to smn who lived in the past:
To be _ from
descended
Used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere else :
So who are the _ people of this land?
Indigenous
