Y5 - The Earth Vocabulary

Question 1

Biodiversity

Answer 1

variety of plants and animals.

Question 2

Biome

Answer 2

a large area of land with a particular climate, and type of animals and plants.

Question 3

Climate

Answer 3

the general weather conditions and patterns in an area over a long period of time (years, decades).

Question 4

Climate zones

Answer 4

areas of the world with similar climates (temperatures and precipitation).

Question 5

Conservation

Answer 5

protecting species plants and animals from extinction and maintaining and restoring habitats.

Question 6

Deciduous

Answer 6

a tree that sheds it leaves in autumn.

Question 7

Deforestation

Answer 7

cutting down trees.

Question 8

Ecosystem

Answer 8

a community of plants and animals that live and work together within a certain environment.

Question 9

Equator

Answer 9

the imaginary line that runs around the middle of the earth (0 degrees latitude).

Question 10

Fauna

Answer 10

the animals that normally live in a particular biome.

Question 11

Flora

Answer 11

the plants that normally grow in a particular biome.

Question 12

Latitude

Answer 12

imaginary lines which go around the earth horizontally.

Question 13

Longitude

Answer 13

imaginary lines which go around the earth vertically, called meridians.

Question 14

Prime meridian

Answer 14

imaginary line running through Greenwich London (0 degrees longitude).

Question 15

Temperate

Answer 15

mild weather, further away from the equator.

Question 16

Times zones

Answer 16

based on the lines of longitude. There are 24 time zones.

Question 17

Tropics

Answer 17

a place on earth near to the equator.