This word describes water that falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
Precipitation
In Alberta, this industry is the largest and has the greatest impact on our Interior Plains regional economy.
Oil and Gas (Fossil Fuels)
The main protagonist in the novel Turtle Boy.
Will Levine
The place value underlined in the number below:
12 308 993
Ten thousands
This is Ms. Heaney's favourite colour.
**Pink**
This word describes a network of many different living things that co-exist and impact each other within a specific area/environment.
Ecosystem
The northernmost region of Canada.
Arctic
A phrase that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things, often used in poems and descriptive writing.
e.g.: The girl was stubborn as a bull, and she was seeing red.
Simile
This is the mathematical word for the answer to an addition question (the total of all numbers when adding)
sum
This student was the first to suggest the name "Gerald" for our beloved class sluggie.
Cooper
When connecting science topics, Ms. Heaney repeatedly compared series circuits to food chains (one path) and __________ circuits to food webs (multiple paths).
Parallel
The "Great Lakes" (between Eastern Canada and the United states) include Lake Huron, Lake Eerie, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and ________?
Lake Ontario
An alphabetical list of vocabulary words and their definitions, commonly located at the back of a non-fiction book.
Glossary
The place value underlined in the number below:
3.287
HundrendTHs
This student loves trash pandas more than you love trash pandas, probably.
Crue
Three indicators (clues) that a chemical reaction has occurred.
3 of the below:
- formation of gas (bubbles/fizzes)
- unexpected colour change
- formation of solid (crystallization)
- release of an odour
- energy release (light or heat)
- a new substance is formed
The event that directly triggered the Great Depression beginning in 1929.
The Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)
A genre of fictional writing that typically involves mythical beings or magical elements, such as dragons, wizards, and epic quests.
Fantasy
This measurement of space is calculated in cubic units, using the formula L x W x H
Volume
This student has been known to enter class competitions as their evil genius alter-ego, Hotdog.
Sophia
The law of conservation of energy.
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one from into another (potential energy -> kinetic energy or mechanical energy -> electrical energy)
The names of 3 (out of 5) groups that we recognize as Indigenous to Treaty 7 region of Alberta, where we live and share the land.
3 of the following:
Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, Stoney-Nakoda, Tsuut'ina
This genre of fiction includes post-apocalyptic stories like City Of Ember, as well as futuristic themes like time travel, space exploration, and the impacts of technology.
Science fiction
A way of comparing between two separate but related values.
For example, a comparison of 3:4 can also be called a _______ of 3 to 4.
Ratio
Our room number (you can't go out to check!)
145