Geography Alive! Chapter 13 Vocabulary

A bowl-shaped depression, or hollow, in Earth surface

Glacier is a mass of ice near Earth poles.

a type of brick that is made of clay mixed with straw and dried in the sun

A broadleaf evergreen forest found in wet and hot regions near the equator

Lake that is large and deep enough for big ships

The layer of air that surrounds Earth

Tree with needles and cones, such as a pine tree

Moderate or mild, without extremes of hot or cold

Native  of an area who has been conquerd or dominated by others who came later.

Vegetation or vegetation zone of mainly grasses and scattered trees.

found in high mountain; also describes mountain vegetation that helps decide climate.

Pattern of weather over a long period of time

Energy from the sun that can be converted into heat or electricity