| A | B |
| architect | a designer of buildings |
| environment | surroundings |
| tropical | located in the tropics |
| evaporates | changes into vapor |
| graze | to feed on grass |
| habitat | place where living things are |
| global warming | an increase of the earth's average temperature |
| glaciers | huge masses of ice that flow over land |
| breeding | giving birth to young |
| barren | not producing crops or fruit |
| silt | tiny particles of soilor sand floating in or left by water |
| organic | of or coming from living things |
| lush | covered with thick, healthy growth |
| boycotted | protested by refusing to buy or deal with |
| excess | more than what is needed |
| eponym | a word that comes from a person's name, often from the name of an inventor for an invention. |