TN8 Lesson 90
Terms
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- high
- opposite of low
- abundant
- a lot of
- petroglyph
- old design or painting on a rock
- pressure
- strong force of one thing against another
- seabed
- the floor of the sea
- anthropology
- study of development of human beings
- provide
- make something available for use
- Nevada
- a state in the western USA
- brief
- lasting only a short time
- occasional
- not very often
- carven
- a large cave
- history
- study of past events
- within
- inside
- lofty
- very high
- striking
- very unusual
- fitting
- right and proper for the occasion
- Indian
- Native American person
- altitude
- height above sea level
- first look
- first time you see something
- vast
- extremely large
- rocky
- full of rocks
- exhibit
- show something for public to see
- anthropologist
- person who studies anthropology
- audio-visual
- using sound and pictures
- ancestor
- a relative who lived a long time ago
- water
- put water on something
- cause
- to make something happen
- pretty much the same
- almost exactly alike
- geology
- study of the earth
- skeptic
- person who doubts generally accepted ideas, etc.
- tell of
- give information about something
- cabin
- small house made of wood
- range
- line of hills or mountains
- cool
- a little bit cold
- comprehend
- to understand
- untrained
- not trained
- limestone
- a type of rock
- prehistoric
- time before history was recorded
- period
- specific length of time
- celestial
- related to the sky
- hourly
- once every hour
- dramatic
- unexpected
- modern
- not traditional
- evaporate
- change from a liquid to a gas state
- blanket
- to cover completely
- peak
- top of a mountain
- base
- bottom part of something
- valley
- low land between mountains/hills
- shower
- short period of light rain
- cave
- empty space in a hill/mountain
- attempt
- to try to do something
- heat
- quality of being hot
- guided
- being shown by a guide
- surrounding
- near and around a place
- rise
- to move up/become higher