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U1 Jeopardy Quiz III
Soil and Vegetation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| All the surrounding conditions and infuences that affect the development of a living thing | environment |
| Careful saving and protection of something, such as natural resources | conservation |
| A small area in a desert region that has water and fertile soil | oasis |
| Condition of recieving little rain because of being on the protected side of high mountains | rain shadow |
| The study of the relationships among living things and their surroundings | ecology |
| The science that deals with the esrth's crust, the layers of which it is composed, and their history | geology |
| Decayed organic plant material | humus |
| Permanently frozen soil | permafrost |
| Pertaining to soil well suited for growing crops | arable |
| Relating to soil formed from the material gradually deposited by flowing water,such as clay, silt, or sand | alluvial |
| Fine earth materials deposited by running water or wind | silt |
| Rich fertile earth in which decaying leaves and silt are mixed with clay and sand | loam |
| The natural vegatation equatorial areas having a constant heavy rainfall | rainforest |
| An area of sparce precipitation whose vegatation is limited to scrub, cactus, and grasses | desert |
| An area where cool summer temperatures and light precipitation can only support nosses, lichens, and grass | tundra |
| A tropical land with tall grasses and scattered trees that have wet summers and dry winters | savannah |
| A dry, level, short-grass region in the midlatitudes | steppe |
| A needle-leaf forrest of the dry subartic regions | taiga |
| a gradual wearing away by glaciers, temperature changes, running water, waves, ice, and wind | erosion |
| Desolving of soil minerals by rain water that carries them down beneath the root zone | leaching |
| Adding natural or chemical nutrients to the soil to make it more productive | fertilizing |
| Supplying dry land with water in order to make it produce crops | irrigation |
| Level land built up by deposits from a river that overruns its banks | floodplain |
| The breakdown of surface rocks by physical or chemical forces | weathering |
| The period from the last frost in spring to the first frost in fall during which crops can be raised | growing season |
| The boundary north of or above which trees can not grow | tree (or timber) line |
| Pertaining to trees or plants that remain green the year-round | evergreen |
| Pertaining to trees or plants that shed their leaves during one season of the year | deciduous |
| Temporarily inactive | dormant |
| Stunted trees and bushes growing in poor soil or in semiarid regions | scrub |
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