Our Changing Oceans Vocab Set 2

To put someone or something in danger

• Endanger

• Protect

• Safeguard

• Preserve

To change in order to be successful in a new situation

• Adapt

• Modify

• Alter

• Transform

Can be seen or touched

• Tangible

• Intangible

• Abstract

• Virtual

To become caught in something like a rope or net

• Entangle

• Release

• Free

• Detach

To throw away

• Discard

• Retain

• Collect

• Store

To move to a new location

• Transplant

• Relocate

• Transfer

• Transport

The slow wearing away of rock or soil by wind and water

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

• Weathering

• Deposition