GLOSSARY(SOCIAL SCIENCE) UNIT 2

Temperature = the degree of a hotness of a body or a weather

Savannah = grasslands, usually with scattered bushes or trees, characteristic of much of tropical Africa

Oases = a fertile part in a desert occurring where the water table approaches or reaches the ground surface

Taiga = the coniferous forest extending across much of subarctic North America and Eurasia

Precipitation = rain, snow, sleet, dew... formed by a condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere

Tundra = a bass treeless zone lying between the ice cap and timberline of North America and Eurasia

Settlements = the person who lived in the desert

Jungle = an equatorial forest are with luxuriant vegetation

Livestock = cattle, horses and similar animals kept for domestic use

Desert = a region that is devoid or almost devoid vegetation 

Scrub = similar to the grassland

Steppe = an extensive grassy plain 

Holm oak = an evergreen Mediterranean oak tree 

Deciduous forest = (trees and scrubs) shedding all leaves annually at the end of the growing season 

Logging = the work of felling, trimming and transporting timber

Meadows = an area of grassland, often used for pasturage