Books & Media
This is a book or magazine with pictures and speech bubbles that tells a funny or exciting story.
comic
When you fall and hit your arm on something hard, you might get this dark purple mark on your skin.
bruise
Scientists carefully dig into the ground to find old bones or ancient objects. This is the verb for what they do.
excavate
Energy that comes from atoms and can be dangerous in large amounts — used in nuclear power plants.
radiation
I can fly without wings and cry without eyes. What am I?
You find this at a newsstand. It has articles, photos, and stories and comes out every week or month.
magazine
Going to the gym, eating well, and exercising regularly are all ways to improve your body's this.
fitness
If you work very hard and finally finish a big goal — like winning a competition — you have done this.
accomplish
When you connect two ideas or things together in your mind — for example, rain and umbrellas — you do this.
associate
A rooster sits on a roof pointing south. The wind blows east. Which way does the egg roll?
Roosters don't lay eggs!
A movie or story that is funny and easy to enjoy — not serious or sad — can be called this.
light-hearted
If you feel sick today but you felt even sicker yesterday, you would say you are getting this.
worse
A country's land that belongs to it and is protected by its government is called its this.
territory
It rained all day, and ________, the sports event was cancelled. This word connects cause and result.
thus
Everyone needs me, everyone gives me away, but nobody can keep me. What am I?
time
A character in a cartoon who does very strange or shocking things that nobody expects is called this.
outrageous
Drinking water every day is this — your body absolutely cannot survive without it.
necessary
When one event causes another event, which causes another — like falling dominoes — this is the name for it.
chain reaction
When you throw away or get rid of something you no longer need — like old batteries — you do this.
dispose
You throw away my outside, cook my inside, eat my outside, then throw away my inside. What am I?
corn on the cob
A 3D movie or a character that looks like it has depth and thickness can be described with this adjective.
dimensional
Waking up early to practice, even when you don't feel like it, is an example of this personal quality.
self-discipline
A worker who does hard physical work — like carrying heavy things or building — is called this.
laborer
Pollution, climate change, and deforestation were all caused by human actions. We say humans did this to those problems.
bring about
I go through a door but never in or out. What am I?
a key hole