Key Vocabulary Definitions Quiz

Wet and humid

Very dry, with little or no rain

Covered with thick forests

Full of water and moisture

Thick and crowded together

Rich and abundant

Thinly spread or distributed; not dense

Evenly distributed across a wide area

Land that is too rocky to be used

Land that is suitable for growing crops

Land that is permanently frozen

Land that is covered by water

Having an abundance of wealth and resources

The state of being extremely rich

The state of being extremely poor and lacking basic necessities

Having equal access to resources

Present in small or minor amounts

Being the most common, powerful, or noticeable

Equally balanced among many groups

Slowly disappearing over time

To make a problem worse

To ignore a serious issue

To make something less severe, harmful, or serious

To completely eliminate a problem

The desert was dense with rain and rivers.

The rainforest was dense with trees and vegetation.

The sparse crowd was dense with empty seats.

The arid land was dense with crops.

Arid

Sparse

Arable

Degraded

Planting trees to improve soil quality

Overusing farmland until it loses its nutrients and becomes unproductive

Irrigating dry land to make it suitable for crops

Protecting a forest from logging

All students in a school receive the same quality of education

Every citizen in a country earns the same wage

Some neighborhoods have access to clean water while others do not

A government distributes food equally to all regions