Reading Vocabulary

Question 1

Province

Answer 1

An area of special knowledge, interest, or responsibility

Question 2

Gradations

Answer 2

A series of successive changes, stages, or degrees

Question 3

Xerophytic

Answer 3

A plant needing very little water

Question 4

Specific Heat

Answer 4

heat required to raise the temperature of a mass of substance

Question 5

Percolates

Answer 5

Spreads gradually through an area of group of people

Question 6

Mesophytic

Answer 6

A plant needing a moderate amount of water

Question 7

Hydrophytic

Answer 7

A plant that only grows in water

Question 8

Dentition

Answer 8

Arrangement of teeth

Question 9

Ovoid Propagule

Answer 9

Egg shaped material functioning in propagation

Question 10

Covary

Answer 10

Measure how much the variables change each other

Question 11

Tannin

Answer 11

A class of biomolecule that bind to and precipitate proteins and other organic compounds

Question 12

Endozoochorous

Answer 12

Where seeds are eaten and later excreted

Question 13

Arid

Answer 13

Having little to no rain. Too dry or barren to support vegetation

Question 14

Ballast

Answer 14

Something that gives stability

Question 15

Pilferers

Answer 15

To steal

Question 16

Viwerds

Answer 16

Family of small to medium animals

Question 17

Coterie

Answer 17

A small group of people with shaped interests or tastes

Question 18

Caviomorphs

Answer 18

An order of rodent

Question 19

Endemism

Answer 19

Native to an area

Question 20

Seed Shadow

Answer 20

Spatial distribution of seeds all from a single plant

Question 21

Passerines

Answer 21

Perching birds

Question 22

Larder Hoarders

Answer 22

Lots of food hoarded in one area