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Pages 18-21 in Latin America Book Questions and comments:

Why do temperature and rainfall affect what plants grow naturally in a region?

Why does rainfall more on the sides of islands facing winds than facing away?

Why do bananas grow in Honduras? humidity and tropics are a good environment for bananas.

Why does the wind affect the two poles?

Does the rainfall in the Amazon Basin cause any over flooding?

Answer: In the Amazon Basin flooding often happens between June and October.

What is the difference between a deciduous forest and coniferous forest?

What different type of vegetation exists in Latin America?

How does the Andes Mts. shield the Atacama Desert from rain?

How does the climate affect how the people of Latin America live? people dont live the same way because the climate, if it were cold people would try to be warmer and if it were hot then people would want to be cool. Latin America lies between the tropics the climates don't change much depending on elevation.

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