| A | B |
|---|
| acid | a chemical that is sharp or biting to the taste or feel |
| altitude | height |
| avalanche | the sudden movement of a large mass of snow, earth, or rocks down a mountain |
| bayou | a stream that flows slowly through marshy land |
| bearing | the direction measured by a compass |
| breaker | a wave that breaks into foam against the shoreline |
| carbon | a chemical element found in coal and charcoal |
| cavern | a large underground cave |
| deposit | something that has settled and is left as a layer |
| differ | to be unlike or dissimilar |
| discern | to make out or recognize |
| drench | to wet completely; to soak |
| ecological | maintaining the natural relationship between living things and their environments |
| evaporate | to change from a solid or a liguid into a gas |
| external | having to do with the outside |
| forecast | to tell what will happen next; to predict |
| humid | wet or moist |
| magnified | made larger |
| percolate | to pass or ooze through a substance or filter |
| polar | of or having to do with the North or South Pole |
