Grade 4 - Chapter 6 (Vocabulary Practice)

a narrow island between the ocean and the main land

• key
• barrier islands
• fall line
• wetlands

land that is covered with water at times

• key
• barrier islands
• fall line
• wetlands

a line of waterfalls that marks the boundary between the Piedmont and the coastal plains.

• key
• barrier islands
• fall line
• wetlands

a low island.

• key
• barrier islands
• fall line
• wetlands

a violent storm with high winds and heavy rain that forms over and ocean.

• hurricane
• extinct
• endangered species
• hurricane season

the time of the year when hurricanes mainly occur.

• hurricane
• extinct
• endangered species
• hurricane season

a kind of animal or plant that us in danger of becoming extinct.

• hurricane
• extinct
• endangered species
• hurricane season

no longer existing.

• hurricane
• extinct
• endangered species
• hurricane season

a combination of wood chips, water, and chemicals used to make paper.

• hurricane
• pulp
• endangered species
• hurricane season

a fuel formed in the earth from the remains of plants and animals.

• hurricane
• pulp
• fossil fuels
• hurricane season