Geo Vocab week 1
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- A mix of interdependent plants that grow naturally in one place.
- plant community
- cone-bearing, a type of tree that is able to survive long, cold winters with long, thin needles, rather than leaves.
- coniferous
- The typical conditions of natural surroundings
- natural vegetation
- leaf-shedding, a type of tree that sheds its leaves when winter approaches.
- deciduous
- A tropical grassland with scattered trees, located in the warm lands nearest the equator.
- savanna
- the physical conditions of natural surroundings.
- environment
- a region where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow.
- tundra
- A layer of soil just below the earth’s surface that stays permanently frozen.
- permafrost
- The study of human populations, including their size, growth, density, distribution, and rates of births, marriages, and deaths.
- demography
- A type of natural vegetation that is adapted to Mediterranean climates, small evergreen trees and low bushes or shrub.
- chaparral