Latin Roots
Vocabulary
Echidna Facts
100

The meaning of aqua

water

100

To dig a hole

Burrow

100

Echidnas have beaks [True or False]

True

200

A territory is an area of __________.

land

200

unusual; unlike anything else 

Unique

200

Echidnas have feathers [True or False]

False

300

When speaking out of turn, we _________ the class. [Use the root rupt]

disrupt

300

Changes that make a plant or animal better suited to an environment

Adaptations 

300

Echidnas lay eggs [True or False]

True

400

A volcano erupts with lava. What is the Latin root of erupt?

rupt

400

Animals that are mammals but lay eggs

Monotremes

400

Why do echidnas have spines?

To protect itself from predators and to camouflage itself

500

A leader who has complete control and says what the laws are [use the root dict]

dictaor

500

Use the vocab term adaptations in a sentence 

*Answer will be judged at the teacher's discretion*

500

Where do echidnas live?

Australia and New Guinea

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