Unit 2 Vocab Quiz

This is weather over a long period of time.

• Biome

• Climate

• Temiperate

• Tropical

A __________ is defined by the type of plants and animals that live there.

• Climate

• Biome

• Temperate

• Tropical

On what day did the United States declare independence from Great Britain?

• July 2, 1778

• July 4, 1778

• July 2, 1776

• July 4, 1776

Within the arctic and antarctic circles are the ________________ zones.

• polar

• temperate

• tropical

• grassland

Trees and shrubs that lose their leaves, can change color, and become dormant during the winter.

• deciduous tree

• evergreen tree

• vines

• tropical rainforest

A loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks and forming a major constituent of beaches, riverbeds, the seabed, and deserts

• taiga

• lichen

• moss

• sand

A simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees.

• vines

• grass

• lichen

• tundra

The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

• polar zone

• temperate zone

• tropical zone

• subtropical zone

Temperate zones (areas not in the tropic or artic/polar zones)

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Vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop.

• moss

• lichen

• grass

• vines