| A | B |
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| geography | the study of the earth and the ways people use it |
| mountain range | a group of mountains |
| mountain | land that is much higher than the land around it |
| plain | a large area of flat grasslands |
| desert | a place with very little rainfall and few plants |
| river | a long, flowing body of water |
| lake | a body of water with land all around it |
| ocean | a very large body of saltwater on the earth |
| coast | the land that borders the ocean |
| island | a body of land with water all around it |
| peninsula | a piece of land that sticks out into the water and has water almost all the way around it |
| mineral | a substance found in the earth, such as coal, oil, iron, and gold |
| fuel | anything that is burned to make heat or to make power for running machines |
| petroleum | a liquid that is found in the earth, often called oil |
| coal | a black or brown rock that can be burned to give off heat |
| mining | the way minerals are taken from the earth |
| county | a political division of a state |
| lumbering | cutting trees and preparing the logs for sale |
| lumberjack | a person that is a logger |
| wood pulp | a mixture of cooked wood chips and water |
| trawler | a boat that uses a net to catch fish and shellfish |
| shellfish | sea animals that have a shell |
| renewable resources | natural resources that can be replaced if they are not used too quickly or completely used up |
| pollute | to spoil by adding something |
| Williamson, West Virginia | famous for coal |
| Tulsa, Oklahama | famous for oil |
| Oregon | famous for lumbering |
| Calabash, North Carolina | famous for fishing |
