Lines running East to West, measuring distance North or South of the Equator in Degrees.

Lines running North and South, measuring distance East or West of the Prime Meridian in degrees.

Lines of Latitude.

Lines of Longitude.

Each word describes the creatures in a tropical rainforests, except:

Which rainforest layer receives the most sunlight?

Which rainforest layer has short bushes, trees, and ferns?

Which rainforest layer contains the most mushrooms?

A region that has little or no vegetation, long periods without rain, and extreme temperatures.

A forest or jungle near the equator that is characterized by large amounts of rain and little variation in temperature and that contains the greatest known diversity of organisms of Earth.

A community that is dominated by grasses, has few trees, and is characterized by cold winters and rainfall that is intermediate between that of a forest and a desert.

A forest that is characterized by trees that shed their leaves in the fall.

A region of evergreen, coniferous forest below the arctic and subarctic tundra regions.

A treeless plain that is located in the arctic or antarctic and that is characterized by very low winter temperatures, short cool summers, and vegetation that consists of grasses, lichens, and perennial herbs.

The height of an object above a reference point, such as sea level or the Earth's surface.