Unit 7 Latin America GN Day 2

Match the following

• Found in north-central South America

• hot temperatures, abundant rainfall, long dry season

• The tops of the trees form this over the rainforest

• Canopy

• Tropical Savanna Grasslands

• Tropical Savanna Grasslands

• Amazon Basin

• Amazon Basin

• Tropicl Rainforest

• Earth's largest rainforest

Match the Following

• Desert and Steppe

• Southeastern South America

• caused by rainshadow effect

• Humid Subtropics

• elevation and distance from the equator

• Atacama Desert in Chile

• Humid Subtropics

• Factors affecting climate

• short, mild winter; long, hot, humid summers

• hot summers, cool winters, light rainfall

Match the following

• frosty temperatutes

• Tierra Fria

• temperate temperatures

• Tierra Templada

• hot temperature

• Tierra Caliente