| A | B |
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| specimens | items or parts typical of a whole group |
| dormant | something that is quiet or not active for a period of time |
| erupted | forced out or burst forth |
| murky | something that is too dark or cloudy to through clearly |
| biology | the study of living things |
| scoured | something that was cleaned, cleared, or worn away. |
| research | a careful study to find and learn facts about a subject |
| observer | a person who watches in a close and careful way |
| algae | simple living organisms made up of one or more cells which contain chlorophyll, usually existing as lower order plants that do not have stems, roots, or |
| lichens | an organism made up of fungi and algae growing together, usually found on tree trunks, on rocks, and on the ground |
| bacteria | tiny one-celled organisms that can only be seen through a microscope |
| summary | a short statement of the most important ideas in a passage or idea |
| sequence of events | the events in a nonfiction piece are presented in chronological order or in step-by-step order |
| myth | a story that tells about the belief of a group of people, about gods and heroes, and explain something that happens in nature |
| symbolism | the use of concrete objects to represent abstract ideas or qualities |
| figurative language | uses imaginative language to describe objects, places, or people |
| the suffixes -ible and -able | "able to be"; "capable of being"; "likely to"; "worthy of being"; "fit for"; "tending to" |
