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Vocabulary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| impressive | able to impress the mind, feelings, conscience |
| naturalist | person who studies living things |
| preserve | keep from harm or change; protect |
| slopes | land that goes up or down at an angle |
| species | set of related living things that share certain characteristics and that can interbreed |
| wilderness | wild region with few or no people living in it |
| glacier | great mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or along a valey |
| altitudes | heights above Earth's surface |
| formations | things that are formed |
| reservoir | place where water is collected and stored for use |
| earthquake | shaking of Earth's surface caused by the sudden breaking of masses of rock along a fault |
| eruptions | processes of throwing forth |
| volcano | opening in Earth's crust through which steam, ashes, and lava are forced out in periods of activity |