Diversity

Differences between people . For example: tastes, way of

thinking, hobbies, etc.

Nomads

People who move from one place to another

Sedentary

People who always live in the same place.

Tropical Zones

Areas in the Earth that receive the Sun´s rays in a

perpendicular way. They are hot.
Close to the Equator. People who live there, wear light clothes
and have activities outdoors.

Temperate Zones

Areas that receive slightly inclined rays and are moderately hot.
The temperature varies a lot during the year. The four seasons
are very different.

Polar Zones

Zones that receive very inclined sun´s rays and are cold..
Temperatures are always very low and the ground is covered
with ice. People in this zone wear thick clothes.
Northern Zone

It is hot most of the year. People wear Light clothes and

rooftops are flat.
Cacti and llaretas are part of the flora and vizcachas,
chinchillas, llamasd and vicuñas are parto f the fauna.

Desert climate:

It is hot and there are very few plants and animals.

Central Zone

Summers are hot. Winters are cold and rainy. People wear
different clothes Turing the year. The houses are made to stand
the cold and the heat.

Flora of the Central zone:

Quillay, Chilean Palm

Fauna of the Central Zone

Culpeo fox, pudú

Southern Zone

Rains a lot, temperaturas are low. People wear thick clothes.

Homes must be heated.

Flora of the Southern Zone:

Larch, araucaria coigue mañio

Fauna of the Southern Zone

Huemul deer, pumas and tricahue parrots.

Antartic

Penguins sea lions and elephants seals. Little vegetation

Easter Island

It rains all the year around but temperatures are very pleasant.

Biodiversity

The variety of living things that inhabit our planet

Classification

Group and order living things according to specially defined

criteria.

Deciduous plants

Plants that lose their leaves in autumn

Evergreen plants

Plants that keep their leaves all the year around.

Botanists

Scientists that study plants

Flowering plants

Plants that produce flowers. Flowers contain seeds and bear

fruits.

Non flowering plants

Plants that dont produce flowers such as mosses and ferns

Conifers

Plants that develop pinecones. Ex, cipreses, araucarias and pine

trees.

Zoologists

Scientists which study animals

Vertebrate animals

Have a backbone and bones inside their bodies

Invertebrate animals:

Dont have a bachbone, nor body bones

Insects

Are divided into 3 sections: head, thorax and abdomen. Some

have wings and have got 3 pairs of articulated legs.

Aracnids:
Are divides into two sections: Cephalothorax and abdomen. Have
4 pairs of articulated legs.

Morphological characteristics

Shapes and structures that allow living things to survive and

grow in their natural habitat and environment.

Adaptation

Characteristics that allow living things to survive in their

environment

Camouflage

Adaptation mechanism in which animals can look like the

environment they live in.