Apple
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Apples belong to this category.
What is fruit?
The outside of the apple that gives each one its' color.
What is the skin?
Because apples are 25% air, they do this in water.
What is float?
My mom always says, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away!"; she means:
Eating healthy will keep you from getting sick and needing to go to the doctor.
The colonists brought apple seeds and seedlings to the new world.
What is a synonym for colonists in this sentence?
What are settlers?
Apple trees grow in this.
What is an orchard?
This part attaches an apple to a tree.
What is the stem?
Apples are often described as "nature's toothbrush" because they do this.
What is freshen your breath or clean your teeth.
John has many grandchildren but Amy, his only granddaughter is the "apple of his eye"; that means Amy is...
What is special, his favorite.
Apples are a common fruit.
A synonym for common in this sentence is:
What is typical, usual, seen in many places.
A tiny tree, including apple trees are called:
What is a seedling?
The center of an apple; the part you throw away when you are done eating it.
What is the core?
When you float apples in water and try to pick one out with your teeth, you are _______________.
What is bobbing for apples?
Bobby keeps his room in "apple pie order" and gets really upset if somebody messes it up; Bobby's room is...
What is organized, neat, clean.
There are thousands of varieties of apples.
A synonym for varieties in this sentence is:
What is types, kinds?
There are many kinds of apples, for example, Gala, Macintosh and Empire are a few ________.
What is variety/varieties?
The white part of the inside of the apple that you eat is called this.
What is the flesh?
Apples are loaded with many nutrients which keep people from getting __________.
What are sick/diseases/illnesses/cancer?
Because Tommy was talking in class we all got detention! My dad always says: "One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch". He means...
That one person can be a bad influence or can get everybody in trouble.
Legend has it that Johnny Appleseed planted thousands of apple trees from Massachusetts to Indiana.
A synonym for legend is:
What is story, tale?
Because apples grow in many countries around the world, we consider them very typical, usual or this.
What is common?
The chamber that holds and protects the seeds in the center of the apple.
What is the carpal?
The fruit of the apple actually grows from this part that we see during the spring.
What is the blossom?
I am really looking forward to my visit to the "Big Apple"; where am I going?
The "Big Apple" is a nickname for New York City.
During the winter, apple trees are dormant.
A synonym for dormant is:
What is sleeping, not active.