Chapter one vocab
A scientist who studies weather patterns over time
Climatologist
To send out
Radiate
A type of mammal that carries young in a pouch
Marsupial
What is a place that is very dry
Desert
Either of the two halves of the Earth
Hemisphere
Water falling to earth's surface as rain, hail, snow, or sleet
Precipitation
An area set aside by the government where animals are protected from humans
Game Reserve
The ground of the bottom of a river
When an animal or plant changes to its environment, its called
adaptation
A type of plant with pointed leaves, a long stem and white flowers that grows in dry areas
Yucca
Relating to a geographic pole or the area around it
Polar
An area of land where evaporation has left a layer of salt
Salt flat
Moving around often in search of food; not settled in one place
What is the Kalahari desert?
A game reserve for a variety of plants and animals
Rock formed by magma or melted rock that has reached Earth's surface and cooled
lava rock
the process by which a liquid changes to a vapor or gas
Evaporation
An area of land that is lower than the land around it
Basin
Small or short bushes and trees
Scrub brush
Which river runs through the Sahara desert
Nile
Land that is the same elevation as the surface of the sea or ocean
sea level
Desertification
An area in the desert where there are plants and water
Oasis
Area far from the coast in a country or continent
Interior
A crack or split in the earth's crust along which movement takes place
Fault line
A piece of land sticking out into a body of water so that it is almost surrounded by water
peninsula