Mexico Vocab

Volcano

• A mountain formed when hot liquid rock comes from deep within Earth to its surface

• The shaking of Earth's surface

• A spicy taco from taco bell

Plate Tectonics

• Hot Liquid Rock

• The idea that there is slow movement of Earth's plates

• A plate from a restaurant

Irrigate

• To pipe in or channel water to fields that get little rain

• make (someone) annoyed, impatient, or angry.

• A large gate

Plateau

• A dense populated area

• A french word for plate

• An area of level highland

Peninsula

• A strip of land surrounded on three sides by water

• A pen that is owned by Sula

• An area of land that has thick forests

Jungle

• A thick growth of trees and vines

• An ocean area

• Where Andrew will be moving soon

Deciduous Tree

• A Christmas tree

• A type of tree that drops its leaves.

• A type of tree in the tropical islands

Rain Forest

• A dry desert area

• A forest with no rain

• A thick forest in the Tropics where a great deal of rain falls

Earthquake

• The shaking of Earth's surface from plate movement

• A storm with lightning and stuff

• A storm that forms off the coast of an ocean

Isthmus

• Andrew's middle name

• A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

• A foreign owned assembly plant in Mexico