Vocabulary Quiz # 13
1. barrier islands
formed as more and more sediment was deposited by ocean waves, currents, and mainland rivers
2. heathen
One who is regarded as irreligious, uncivilized, or unenlightened
3. savage
Not domesticated or civilized; wild
4. fall line
marks the boundary between the Piedmont and the coastal plain
5. elevation map
shows how high the land is
6. public transportation system
trains and buses that carry people through a city
7. gold rush
a large-scale movement of people to a region where gold has been discovered.The Georgia Gold Rush was the first significant gold rush in the United States
8. splice
to join or unite
9. Everglades National Park
a huge area of Wetlands in southern Florida; home to about 600 different kinds of birds and other animals
10. snare
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game
11. balance
an instrument used to measure an object’s mass
12. gram
the basic unit for measuring mass
13. dino
terrible
14. micro
small
15. semi
half
16. poly
many
17. Robinson Crusoe
A novel by the English author Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, is shipwrecked and cast ashore alone on an uninhabited island
18.disdainful
A feeling that someone or something is not worthy or is beneath oneself
19. kilogram
a metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 grams
20. finicky
difficult to please