Social Studies Vocabularies

Weather:

• type of tree that has cones and includes many evergreens

• Degree of hotness or coldness measured on a set scale, such as

  Fahrenheit or Celsius

• Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time.

• plant life that grows in an area where the natural environment is

  unchanged by human activity

Climate:

• Cold or warm steam of seawater that flows in the oceans, generally in a

  circular pattern.

• Weather pattern typical for an area over a long period of time.

• area of lush vegetation supported by a spring in a desert area

• trees that typically have broad leaves, change color, and drop their leaves

  in autumn

Temperature:

• plant life that grows in an area where the natural environment is

  unchanged by human activity

• type of tree that has cones and includes many evergreens

• forests with both coniferous and deciduous trees

• Degree of hotness or coldness measured on a set scale, such as

  Fahrenheit or Celsius

Currents:

• Cold or warm steam of seawater that flows in the oceans, generally in a

  circular pattern.

• area of lush vegetation supported by a spring in a desert area

• trees that typically have broad leaves, change color, and drop their leaves

  in autumn

• inland grassland

Natural vegetation:

• type of tree that has cones and includes many evergreens

• plant life that grows in an area where the natural environment is

  unchanged by human activity

• forests with both coniferous and deciduous trees

• permanently frozen subsoil

Oasis:

• scientific explanation for something

• trees that typically have broad leaves, change color, and drop their leaves

  in autumn

• area of lush vegetation supported by a spring in a desert area

• inland grassland

Coniferous:

• form of pollution that is a visible haze formed from emissions when mixed

  with the sun’s rays

• permanently frozen subsoil

• forests with both coniferous and deciduous trees

• type of tree that has cones and includes many evergreens

trees that typically have broad leaves, change color, and drop their leaves

in autumn (First letter should be capital)

forests with both coniferous and deciduous trees (first letter should be lowercase)

inland grassland (first letter should be lowercase)