Climate and vegetation in North America

Which hemisphere are North America and South America in?

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

Pick a climate region that isn't in the Western Hemisphere.

• Artic Tundra

• Tropical Savanna

• Mojave Desert

• Humid Continental

Trees grow in the tundra.

• True

• False

What do you call frozen ground that stays cold all year, even in summer?

(a)  

Most mammals that live in deserts such as the Mojave are small and search for food at night when it's cooler.

• True

• False

Give two characteristics of the Humid Continental region.

Select all types of vegetation.

• Deciduous forests

• grasslands

• deserts

• tundra

What do we call forests with both deciduous and coniferous trees?

In this forest, trees lose their leaves in the winter. Which type of forest is this?

• deciduous forests

• conifer forests

Draw a type of conifers.