Vocabulary Worksheet
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Match the word with its definition.

___________________________The pointed end of the leaf that allows rainwater to gently runoff.

___________________________An imaginary line around the center of the earth that divides it into the Northern and Southern Hemishperes.

___________________________The process in which plants combine energy from sunlight with water and carbon dioxide in the air to produce food.

__________________________A tropical epiphyte of the pineapple family whose leaves can grow in a tight, water-holding cup shape.

__________________________An instrument for measuring humidity.

__________________________A plant that eats meat in the form of insects, or small animals.

__________________________Plants, such as orchids and bromeliads, that grow on other plants. They usually do not harm the host plant.

__________________________The average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years.

___________________________The physical environment together with a community of a plants, animals and microscopic organisms.

___________________________The height of a place above sea level.

___________________________The hot, humid area of the center of the globe between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

___________________________The amount of water vapor in the air.

__________________________A process that makes living things better suited to their environment.

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