Article Vocabulary

• Refugees – A person who flees their home for safety reasons.

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• Atolls – coral island that circles a lagoon

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• Lagoon – shallow body of water

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• submerged – completely under water

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• Unusable- cannot be used

Article Vocabulary

• Encroaching – moving in or approaching

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• Evacuated – removed from a place of danger

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• Global-warming – rise in average temperature of earths oceans and atmosphere

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• Low-lying – Places that are lower in elevation than nearby places.

Article Vocabulary

• Agriculture – science of farming, producing crops and raising livestock (animals)

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• coast – land near a shore (by the sea, ocean)

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• erosion – to destroy over time (to wear away)

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• potable – suitable for drinking

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