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ANSWER KEY for page 15 TRUE OR FALSE Place a T next to statements that are true and an F next to statements that are false. 1. ______ F The tropics lie between the Tropic of Capricorn to the north of the equator and the Tropic of Cancer to the south of the equator. 2. ______ T In the tropics the sun rises and sets at approximately the same time throughout the year, so there is little seasonal change in the length of days and nights. 3. ______ F A broad expanse of selva is one of the major features of the tropical and subtropical desert regions. F 4. ______ The Mississippi is a major exotic river in the U.S. 5. ______ T The predominate method of subsistence farming in the rainy tropics is shifting cultivation, or slash and burn agriculture. 6. ______ T Corn is an important agricultural crop in the wet-dry tropics and in the tropical highlands. 7. ______ F Vast grassland plains of Africa’s wet-dry tropics are known as wadis. 8. ______ T More water is carried to the sea by the Amazon than by Earth’s three next largest rivers combined. 9. ______ T Urban development in the rainy tropics dates to the Maya and to earlier ceremonial centers of the Olmec culture. 10. ______ F The elevation in tropical regions plays a significant role in climate, as temperature increases with elevation at a rate of about 3.3˚ Celsius per 1,000 feet. 26 © Copyright 2002 • AIMS Multimedia • Climate, Landscapes and Life: The Tropics • #2650
ANSWER KEY for page 16 VOCABULARY MATCH-UP Draw a line from the vocabulary words on the left to their correct definitions on the right. agriculture a seasonal wind that brings heavy summer rains to Southern and South East Asia alluvial a prolonged period without precipitation climate describes a temperate zone in the tropical highlands that is humid, cool, and is usually heavily cultivated desert type of land use that involves cultivating the soil for the purpose of raising crops and livestock drought dense tropical rainforest, found in South America (the Amazon Rainforest) and in parts of Mesoamerica, such as in Costa Rica liana describes lands located between 23.5˚ north and 23.5˚ south of the equator monsoon the part of the water cycle in which water falls to Earth in such forms as rain, snow, hail, or sleet montane a region of dry land where months of drought may be broken by short periods of intense rainfall; very sparse vegetation grows here precipitation describes soil made up of sand, gravel, silt, or clay deposited by running water savanna a grassland found in the wet-dry tropics; vegetation consists of grasses, scattered trees and drought-resistant woody shrubs selva the yearly pattern of weather in a given place, taking into account temperature, wind, precipitation, latitude, elevation, and distance from mountain ranges and major bodies of water tropical a type of woody vine found in tropical rainforests 27 © Copyright 2002 • AIMS Multimedia • Climate, Landscapes and Life: The Tropics • #2650
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Page 3 and 4: FEATURES INTRODUCING THE ATM Your A
Page 5 and 6: ADDITIONAL ATM FEATURES Vocabulary
Page 7 and 8: SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES Writing and Co
Page 9 and 10: Name VOCABULARY The following words
Page 11 and 12: Name CHECKING COMPREHENSION (CONTIN
Page 13 and 14: Name WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE TROP
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Page 19 and 20: ADDITIONAL AIMS MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMS
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