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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
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Weather: the short-term changes in the air for a given place and time
Climate: a region’s average weather conditions over a long period of time
Prevailing Winds: winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of Earth
Ocean Currents: large streams of surface seawater
Front: the place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet
Monsoons: seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air
Savannas: areas of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs
Steppes: semidry grasslands or prairies
Permafrost: permanently frozen layers of soil
Environment: a plant or animals’ surroundings
Ecosystem: a group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and the environment in which they live
Habitat: the place where a plant or animal lives
Extinct: to die out
Humus: decayed plant or animal matter
Desertification: the spread of desertlike conditions
Natural Resource: any material in nature that people use
Renewable Resource: resources Earth replaces naturally
Nonrenewable Resources: resources that cannot be replaced
Deforestation: the clearing of trees
Reforestation: planting trees to replace lost forestland
Fossil Fuels: nonrenewable resources that formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals
Hydroelectric power: the production of electricity from waterpower
Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Across:| 2. | any material in nature that people use | | 4. | large streams of surface seawater | | 5. | winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of Earth | | 8. | areas of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs | | 14. | planting trees to replace lost forestland | | 15. | a region’s average weather conditions over a long period of time | | 17. | the clearing of trees | | 19. | to die out | | 20. | decayed plant or animal matter | | 21. | nonrenewable resources that formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals | | 22. | resources Earth replaces naturally |
| | Down:| 1. | a plant or animals’ surroundings | | 3. | semidry grasslands or prairies | | 6. | the spread of desertlike conditions | | 7. | resources that cannot be replaced | | 9. | a group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and the environment in which they live | | 10. | the place where a plant or animal lives | | 11. | the production of electricity from waterpower | | 12. | permanently frozen layers of soil | | 13. | seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air | | 16. | the place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet | | 18. | the short-term changes in the air for a given place and time |
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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Across:| 2. | any material in nature that people use | | 4. | large streams of surface seawater | | 5. | winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of Earth | | 8. | areas of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs | | 14. | planting trees to replace lost forestland | | 15. | a region’s average weather conditions over a long period of time | | 17. | the clearing of trees | | 19. | to die out | | 20. | decayed plant or animal matter | | 21. | nonrenewable resources that formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals | | 22. | resources Earth replaces naturally |
| | Down:| 1. | a plant or animals’ surroundings | | 3. | semidry grasslands or prairies | | 6. | the spread of desertlike conditions | | 7. | resources that cannot be replaced | | 9. | a group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and the environment in which they live | | 10. | the place where a plant or animal lives | | 11. | the production of electricity from waterpower | | 12. | permanently frozen layers of soil | | 13. | seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air | | 16. | the place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet | | 18. | the short-term changes in the air for a given place and time |
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