Week 2 Q4K ¦ Geography Cycle 2 Flashcards
What is coral reefs?
An animal that grows underwater in either 30 degrees North or South.
What is a temperate forest?
A forest area found in the mid-latitudes, between the tropics and the polar regions.
What is a tropical rainforest?
These are found near the Equator where it is hot and wet.
What is a polar?
An area of land found around the North and South Pole.
What are hot deserts?
These are areas between 20 degrees and 30 degrees in the North and South of the Equator. These places are hot,dry and cloud free.
What are Savannah grasslands?
Grasslands found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
What are temperate grasslands?
These are areas found between 40 degrees and 60 degrees, north and south of the Equator where summers are hot and winters are cold.
What are deciduous forests?
Forests that have broad-leaved trees that drop their leaves in Autumn.
What are coniferous trees?
Forests that have trees that keep their leaves all year around. They are known as evergreens.
What is the definition of nocturnal?
Organisms active only at night.
