| A | B |
| Mexico | a Spanish speaking country just south of the US |
| desert | a dry place where hardly any plants grow because there is so little rain |
| barren | land that is too hard and dry to grow food, plants |
| humid | damp and moist air that makes you feel hot and sticky |
| tropical | extremely hot areas of the Earth near the equator |
| volcano | a mountain that erupts (explodes) lava |
| habitat | the place in which a plant or animal lives |
| forest | a large area thickly covered with trees and plants |
| mountain | a very, very high hill |
| earthquake | a sudden violent shaking of the earth |
| transportation | a way of moving people and things from one place to another |
| resources | something valuable and useful to a place and the people that live there |
| agriculture | farming |