List of Words for Letter ‘B’

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bank the rising ground that borders a river or stream
barrier island a sandbar that is more than 100 meters (328 feet) wide
bathyal zone the part of the oceanic zone that is between 200 meters (656 feet) and about 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) deep
beach drift the pulling of sand particles sideways along a beach
beach erosion the process by which waves pick up sand particles and move them along the shore
benthos organisms that live on or near the ocean floor, such as seaweed, kelp, and tube worms
biomass conversion a method for changing plant and animal materials into high-quality fuels
biome a region with a particular climate that contains certain types of plants and ecosystems
biotic factor any living thing that is part of an ecosystem
body wave a seismic wave that travels through the interior of Earth; the two types are P waves and S waves
breaker a wave that breaks into foam against the shore and washes back into the ocean at another angle
buoyancy an upward force on an object or a substance that is in a liquid or a gas