3 rd Quarter Vocabulary. Tropical Rainforest A broadleaf evergreen forest around in wet and hot regions near the equator.

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3 rd Quarter Vocabulary

Tropical Rainforest A broadleaf evergreen forest around in wet and hot regions near the equator.

Land use conflict Disagreement over how to use a particular area of land.

Canopy The thick layer of overlapping tree branches that make up the top layer of a forest.

Biodiversity The variety of plants and animals living in one area.

Deforestation Removing or clearing away the trees from a forest. This is often done to clear land for farming or ranching.

Sustainable development Using resources in ways that meet the needs of people today without hurting the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (finding ways to use resources without using them up).

Carbon oxygen cycle The process by which carbon and oxygen cycle among plants, people, animals, and the environment.