Climate, Landscapes and Life: The Tropics - Discovery Education
Climate, Landscapes and Life: The Tropics - Discovery Education
Climate, Landscapes and Life: The Tropics - Discovery Education
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ANSWER KEY for page 14<br />
TROPICAL REGIONS’ NATURAL VEGETATION AND CULTIVATED CROPS<br />
Use information from appropriate research materials <strong>and</strong> from the video <strong>Climate</strong>s, <strong>L<strong>and</strong>scapes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Life</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Tropics</strong> to match up the natural<br />
vegetation <strong>and</strong> agricultural plants listed below with the tropical region(s) in which they grow. Since some plants grow in more than one region,<br />
list those where appropriate.<br />
bananas<br />
barley<br />
beans<br />
cacao<br />
cactus<br />
chili peppers<br />
citrus fruits<br />
coconut palms<br />
coffee<br />
corn/maize<br />
cotton<br />
date palms<br />
epiphytes/air plants<br />
gourds<br />
jojoba<br />
lianas<br />
mangos<br />
manioc/cassava<br />
millet<br />
oil palms<br />
papayas<br />
pineapples<br />
plantains<br />
potatoes<br />
pumpkins<br />
rice<br />
rubber trees<br />
selva<br />
sorghum<br />
squash<br />
sugarcane<br />
taro<br />
tea<br />
wheat<br />
Rainy <strong>Tropics</strong> - natural vegetation <strong>and</strong> agricultural crops:<br />
bananas, cacao, coconut palms, epiphytes/air plants, lianas, mangos, manioc/cassava, oil palms, papayas, plantains, rubber trees, selva,<br />
taro<br />
Wet-Dry <strong>and</strong> Monsoon <strong>Tropics</strong> - natural vegetation <strong>and</strong> agricultural crops:<br />
citrus fruits, corn/maize, cotton, millet, pineapples, rice, sorghum, sugarcane<br />
Tropical <strong>and</strong> Subtropical Deserts - natural vegetation <strong>and</strong> agricultural crops:<br />
beans, cactus, chili peppers, corn/maize, date palms, gourds, jojoba, pumpkins, squash<br />
Tropical Highl<strong>and</strong>s - natural vegetation <strong>and</strong> agricultural crops:<br />
barley, coffee, corn/maize, potatoes, tea, wheat<br />
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