geography vocab #2

Question 1

steppe

Answer 1

a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or siberia

Question 2

taiga

Answer 2

the sometime swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of siberia and North America

Question 3

highland

Answer 3

an area of high or mountainous land

Question 4

marine west coast

Answer 4

a biome characteristic of being located midway between the tropics and arctic or antarctic regions of the world

Question 5

desert

Answer 5

a region of land that is very dry because it receives low amounts of precipitation

Question 6

isthmus

Answer 6

a narrow strip of land that connects to larger landmasses and separates two bodies of water

Question 7

atoll

Answer 7

a ring-shaped coral reef, island, or series of islet

Question 8

deciduous

Answer 8

shedding all leaves annually at the end of the growing season and then having a dormant period without leaves

Question 9

coniferous

Answer 9

trees that grow needles instead of leaves and cones instead of flowers