1.2.1.6 Forest, grassland, desert

Use this domain for words referring to an area of land that has particular types of plants growing in it.

  • What words refer to the types of plants that grow in an area?
    ecosystem, vegetation
  • What words refer to a forest or group of trees?
    forest, forested, rain forest, grove, wood, wooded, woodland, woods, thicket, jungle, taiga, orchard
  • What are the parts of a forest?
    forest canopy, forest floor, underbrush, undergrowth, edge (of the forest), deep in the forest, backwoods, timberland
  • What words refer to a place in a forest where there are no trees?
    meadow, clearing
  • What words refer to land covered by grass or bushes?
    grassland, prairie, savannah, bush, moor, moorland, brush, brake, heath, scrubby, scrubland, shrubby, steppe, tundra, veldt
  • What words refer to land where many plants grow?
    lush, dense, thick, overgrown,
  • What words refer to land where very few plants grow?
    desert, wasteland, oasis
  • What words refer to land where no people live?
    wilderness, uninhabited, frontier, hinterland, outback