Science
The total amount of mass before the reaction equals the total amount of mass after the reaction.
What is Conservation of Mass?
Sailed the northern tip of North America. He was a Viking in 1001.
Who is Leif Erickson?
Nya must complete this daily task (work) despite the dangers
What is getting water?
This character is a young boy who becomes separated from his family.
Who is Salva?
a chemical reaction that absorbs energy—generally in the form of heat—from its surrounding environment.
What is endothermic?
The earliest people from Europe and Asia that sailed to the Americas.
What is a Viking?
Salva is attending this type of school.
What is a boarding school?
A young girl who walks long distances daily to collect water for her family.
a substance that slows down or stops a chemical reaction; it is like applying the brakes to the reaction.
What is inhibitor?
Columbus set sail with these three vessels.
What happened that forced Salva to flee his home and begin his long journey
What is war/the attack on his village
a protective figure who helps guide him during his escape.
Who is his uncle?
a substance that facilitates a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process; it is like an accelerator for reactions.
What is a catalyst?
A territory under the immediate political control of a distant country.
What is a colony?
Uncle helps Salva do this.
What is escape?
separated from him during the conflict at the beginning of the story.
Who is Salva's parents?
Products are what emerge or form after a chemical reaction occurs.
What is a product?
In 1513, this adventurer reached the Pacific Ocean and claimed the ocean for Spain.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
Where does the story A Long Walk to Water take place?
What is Sudan?
This body of water is important in Salva's journey and appears early in the book.
The Nile River