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28 Cards in this Set
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A person or animal that lives in or occupies a place.
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Inhabitants
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To tell someone something; give an account of an event or experience.
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Recounted
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A person who surveys the land.
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Surveyor
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A change in character or composition; to change in some significant way.
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Altered
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A group of people organized for a joint purpose.
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Associations
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A official count or survey of a population.
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Census
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To retrieve or recover something previously lost.
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Reclaim
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Absolutely necessary, extremely important.
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Essentials
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to put in peril or danger
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endangered
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the section of the earth waters and atmosphere that supports living things, wether plants worms animals fish or birds
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bioshpere
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the kind of place or environment in witch a plant or animal is found in nature
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habitat
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having heavy green growth
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lush
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the very warm area between the tropic of capricorn
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tropics
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the act of ruining or destroying
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destruction
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one who hunts or fishes illegally
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poachers
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An organic substances that contains nitrogen and is needed for cell growth in animals and plants:
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protein
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A sample
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specimens
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To cover with a layer
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encrust
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The science concerned with the make-up of substances
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chemistry
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An extraordinary or unusual person, thing, or occurrence
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phenomenon
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One who torments, causes great suffering of the mind or body
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tormentors
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A huge sea animal; any great and powerful person or thing
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Leviathan
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a short legged furry animal a burrow a hole in the ground
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badgers
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To criticize someone; to express sharp disapproval.
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Rebuked
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Referring to or like a king
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regal
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Expectation, act of looking forward to
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anticipation
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To rest, sleep, or period of relaxation
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repose
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The height from sea level to any point in space above
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altitude
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