7th Vocabulary Terms from Africa

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What is the Equator?

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a line of latitude that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres

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What is the Sahara Desert?

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A hot desert

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The Nile River is known for:

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being the longest river in the world

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Savanna

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grassland with scattered trees

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The Great Rift Valley is a:

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series of contiguous geographic trenches

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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system.

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A community of living organisms interacting with nonliving components

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Biodiversity

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the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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A desert is a type of:

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Arid region

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Nomad

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travels from place to place

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Floodplain

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an area of land adjacent to a river which floods