29 Weather And Climate Flashcards
(55 cards)
Rainfall
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Arid
Extremely dry
Prone to
Susceptible to, likely to
Drought
A long period without rain
Tundra
Area in the north with no trees and permanently frozen ground
Vegetation
Plant life
Coniferous
term used to refer to trees that produce seed-bearing cones and have thin leaves shaped like needles
Evergreen
A tree that does not lose its leaves in the winter and stays green all year round
deciduous
trees and shrubs that shed their leaves at the end of the growing season
Prairies
flat grasslands in Canada and northern USA (similar to steppes in Asia or pampas in South America)
Paddy fields
Fields planted with rice growing in water
Cereals
Type of grass cultivated to produce a grain, e.g. a food plant like rice, wheat or maize
Tend
Take care of
Developed
With a modern, industrial economy
manufacturing
producing goods in large numbers
At the forefront
In an important position
Generate
Produce, create
Developing
describes a country that is poor and does not have a modern, industrial economy
Are descend from
are related to someone who lived in the past
Indigenous
existing naturally in that place
Ancestors
Relatives from earlier
times: we are our ancestors’ descendants
Descendants
children, grandchildren, and continuing generations
Migrants
people who move to live in another country or another part
of their own country (often for reasons of economic need;
Emigrant
someone who leaves a country
