Words of the Week
Continuing without interruptions.
Incessant
The natural home or environment of a plant or animal.
Habitat
Vey dry area that is hot or cold with few plants
Deserts
This paragraph tells the audience what the text is about
Introduction
Dangerously high or steep
precipitous
The kinds of food and animal, plant, person or community usually eat.
Diet
A warm, humid area with high rainfall and lots of plant or animal diversity
Rainforest
This heading is given to a part/paragraph of the text
Subheading
A very deep crack that cannot be climbed out of
Crevasse
The way on which someone or something acts.
Behaviour
Region with moderate rainfall and lots of grassy areas
Grasslands
This name is given to a species.
Scientific name
Occurring or active at night
Nocturnal
Obervable qualities such as height, weight, eye colour.
Physical characteristics/traits
Cold, dry area with few plants or animal populations
Tundra
This type of graphic is drawn and shows the appearance of something or how something works.
Diagram
Dry and shrivelled
Withered
The process by which a species becomes better suited to its environment
Adaptations
Fed by snowmelt and rain, these areas can be laskes, rivers, ponds or streams.
Freshwater
These are special words that have precise meanings and are used when explaining or decriping something.
Technical words