Microscopes The Beringia Landscape

Question 1

fauna

Answer 1

all the animals living in a particular area or period in history

Question 2

flora

Answer 2

all the plants that grow in a particular place or country

Question 3

broad

Answer 3

very wide

Question 4

wind-swept

Answer 4

a place that is windswept is often windy because there are not many trees or buildings to protect it

Question 5

dune

Answer 5

a hill made of sand near the sea or in the desert

Question 6

tundra

Answer 6

the large flat areas of land in the north of Russia, Canada etc, where it is very cold and there are no trees

Question 7

paleoecologist

Answer 7

the study of fossils

Question 8

sparse

Answer 8

existing only in small amounts

Question 9

forbidding

Answer 9

unfriendly and likely to be unpleasant or harmful

Question 10

herd

Answer 10

a group of animals of one kind that live and feed together

Question 11

bison

Answer 11

buffalo

Question 12

sedge

Answer 12

a plant like grass that grows on wet ground, often next to rivers

Question 13

polar

Answer 13

relating to the North or South Pole or the areas around them

Question 14

standstill

Answer 14

a condition in which all movement or activity has stopped

Question 15

moss

Answer 15

a very small, green or yellow plant that grows especially in wet earth or on rocks, walls, and tree trunks

Question 16

demonstrating

Answer 16

to show or make something clear

Question 17

pollen

Answer 17

a powder, produced by the male part of a flower