Natural Vegetation and Wildlife

The factors affecting natural vegetation are ______________, slope of land and thickness of soil.

Natural vegetation can be classified into:

• trees, leaves, and climbers.

• forest, grassland, and shrubs.

Shrubs grow in regions which receive _____________ rainfall.

• heavy

• moderate

• scanty

Tropical rainforests are also called __________________.

• scrub vegetation

• deciduous forests

• tropical evergreen forests

• tundra vegetation

Tropical evergreen forests are "evergreen" because

• their leaves have a high amount of chlorophyll

• they do not shed their leaves due to lack of dry season

• they absorb more sunlight and appear green

_________________________ is known as the "lung of the earth".

• Amazon Rainforest

• Taiga

• Borneo Rainforest

• Green Mountain Nation forest

This animal is a wildlife species found in the regions of _________________ vegetation.

• Mediterranean

• Tropical evergreen

• Scrub

• Tundra

Tropical deserts are located in the ________________ margins of the continent.

• northern

• eastern

• western

• southern

Temperate grasslands in Argentina are known as Prairie.

• True

• False

Mediterranean regions are also called "_____________ of the world".