Section 1 vocab

4. Animal skins.
6. a semiaquatic fish-eating mammal of the weasel family
7. large brown seaweed that typically has a long, tough stalk with a broad frond divided into strips. Some kinds grow to a very large size and form underwater “forests” that support a large population of animals.
9. a deep, narrow gorge with steep sides.
11. a long-winged web-footed seabird with a raucous call
13. more suddenly and powerfully forward or upward.
17. a large diving bird with a long neck, long hooked bills, short legs, and mainly dark plumage. It typically breeds on coastal cliffs and is noted for its voracious appetite.
18. member of a people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands, other islands in the Bering Sea, and parts of western Alaska.
20. edible mollusk of warm seas, with a shallow ear-shaped shell lined with mother-of-pearl and pierced with a line of respiratory holes.

1. withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.
2. the dead body of an animal.
3. isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in landscapes with horizontal strata.
5. the removal of a substance from the surface of a liquid.
8. A unit of length equaled to aproxomitly 3 miles
10. shining with a sparkling light.
12. a person who intrudes, especially into a building with criminal intent.
14. relates to Russia, its people, or its language.
15. the darker stage of twilight.
16. a small gregarious toothed whale that typically has a beaklike snout and a curved fin on the back
19. bundle of paper, hay, cotton, etc., tightly wrapped and bound with cords or hoops.