Word Warriors - Quiz #7

Having green leaves throughout the entire year, the leaves of the past season not being shed until after the new foliage has been completely formed.

• canopy
• maple tree
• evergreen
• tree line

Any of numerous, mostly evergreen trees or shrubs; including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and/or shrubs.

• maple
• oak
• elm
• conifer

The cover formed by the leafy upper branches of the trees in a forest.

• canopy
• shade
• blanket
• umbrella

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In arctic or subarctic regions, perennially frozen subsoil.

• desert
• permafrost
• grassland
• tundra

The boundary beyond which trees cannot grow.

• no-grow line
• too-high altitude
• tree line
• permafrost

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An area, such as a prairie, in which the natural vegetation consists largely of perennial grasses

• Alpine
• Tropical Forest
• Taiga
• Grassland

A tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.

• tropical rain desert
• national rain forest
• redwood forest
• tropical rain forest

Changes in structure, function, or behavior by which a species or individual improves its chance of survival in a specific environment.

• blending
• adjustment
• adaptations
• flight

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An animal that feeds mainly or only on plants.

• conivore
• herbivore
• preditor
• omniovore

An animal that feeds chiefly on the flesh of other animals.

• omniovore
• carnivore
• herbivore
• preditor