Land Production
plants that people grow to use for food (e.g. corn, millet, apples, beans)
What are Crops?
dry places that receive little rainfall, have no trees, have few or no plants; tropical deserts are located 20 to 30 degrees north and south of the Equator
What is a Desert?
the physical environment (plants, animals, soils, climate) in a place
What is a Habitat?
an animal that hunts and eats other animals
What is a Predator?
the distance of a geographic location above or below sea level
What is Elevation?
water in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls on the land
What is Precipitation?
places where most plants are short (short grasses, not trees) because they need only small amounts of water; tropical grasslands are located 15 to 20 degrees north and south of the Equator
What is a Grassland?
places with tall trees, warm temperatures in all months, and rainfall at least 10 months; located about 0 to 5 degrees north and south of the Equator
What is an Equatorial Rainforest?
a group of places and peoples controlled by one powerful government
What is an Empire?
A fairly flat area that is high above sea level.
What is a Plateau?
a type of starchy root that grows in places near the equator, a type of food
What is Cassava?
places that receive moderate amounts of rainfall so that both short trees and tall grasses can grow there; locate about 5 to 15 degrees north and south of the Equator
What is a Savanna?
places near the Equator that receive more than 4 inches of rain in most months of the year
What is the Equatorial Rainy Belt?
the areas where a particular type of plant or animal is likely to live (e.g., where fire ants live)
What is a Range?
the relationship between two things that usually occur together in the same place (e.g. city and river)
What is Spatial Association?
a plant with seeds that people use for food; it grows in warm dry areas (e.g. grasslands) - grains
What is Millet?
change as we move along a line between two places; transition can be gradual, abrupt, smooth, etc.
What is a Transition?
lack of rain to meet the needs of plants (e.g. the difference between the rain that trees need and the amount that actually falls in a month)
What is a Deficit?
a disease that occurs in places that are warm and have rainfall most of the year; spread by mosquitos
What is Malaria?
a special graph that shows average temperatures and average precipitation for each month at a place
What is a Climate Graph? (also known as a climagraph, climograph)
large, domesticated bovine animals that are raised for their meat, milk, hides, or draft purposes
What are Cattle?
a large area that has a particular environment that has a predictable mixture of plants and animals (e.g. rainforest, grassland, desert)
What is an Ecoregion?
more than enough rain to meet the needs of particular plants (enough rainfall each month for trees to grow in a place)
What is a Surplus?
Someone who grows food for themselves, not for sale to others.
What is Subsistence Farming/Farmers?
a chart with rows and columns that helps us organize information
What is a Matrix?