| A | B |
|---|
| trade winds | ocean winds that always blow in one direction |
| plantation | large farm that usually grows only one kind of crop |
| erosion | problem caused by cutting down the trees in Puerto Rico |
| Honolulu | capital of Hawaii |
| tourism | major industry of both Hawaii and Puerto Rico |
| Polynesia | the first settlers to Hawaii came from here |
| Spanish | major language spoken in Puerto Rico |
| tropics | region that lies along both sides of the Equator |
| lava | melted rock that comes out of an active volcano |
| rain forest | another name for a tropical forest |
| canopy | top branches and leaves of the tallest trees in a rain forest |
| volcano | opening in the earth from which steam and other gases, stones, ashes, and melted rock pour out |
| creepers | ropelike vines that hang down from branches of trees in tropical forests |
| humid | very damp |
| evergreens | trees in tropical forests that don't shed their leaves |
| not enough jobs | major problem in Puerto Rico today |
