Vocab Week 1
Vocab Week 2
Vocab Week 3
Context Clues
Miscellaneous
100

What word means,  a kind of adaptation that allows an animal to look like, or blend in to its surroundings

camouflage
100

What are small plates that cover some animals , may be used for protection

Scales

100

What is this layer under the skin called used to help keep animals warm

Blubber

100

Why do we use context clues?

they help us figure out the meaning of new words

100

What are scales, fingernails, and feathers composed of?

Keratin

200

Give an example of any animal adaptation

something an animal is born with to help them survive...ex: opposable thumb, webbed feet, long beak,etc

200

Define environment

The surroundings that a person, animal, or plant lives in

200

What is another name for a bird's beak?

Bill

200

The ring you found may be inexpensive, or it may be priceless.  Which context clue helps you understand the word priceless?

Antonym....inexpensive

200

Give examples of various types of animal coverings, at least two

fur, feathers, scales, shell, skin

300

Define predator

Animals that hunt and catch other animals for food

300

give an example of the word various

many, different   ex: shapes, sizes, colors, amounts

300

Give an example of a structural adaptation

adaptations of animal's body, ex: webbed feet, hooves, camel hump, fur, flippers

300

A flap of extra skin hangs from its throat.  The flap of skin is called a dewlap.            Which type of context clue helps us know what dewlap means?

Definition, a flap of skin that iguanas puff up to look big

300

Which of the following is prey and which is predator?


mouse/hawk

mouse/prey

hawk/predator

400

Give an example of prey

Animals that are hunted for food ex: worms, fish, rabbits, deer

400

This word means to stay alive

Survive

400

An animals coloring can help provide....

Camouflage

400

An iguana puffs up its dewlap to look bigger to scare away predators.  It does this when it feels threatened.

Which context clue helps us understand what threatened means?


Example, scared

400

Name an animal that uses camouflage 

an animal that blends into their environment

ex: polar bear, penguin, owl, lizard, chameleon, stonefish, stick bug, etc....

500

What is the antonym of prey

predator

500

What are scales made of?

Keratin

500

What is another meaning of the word bill and the word coloring?

bill: money or something you pay, coloring: the act of applying colors

500

Name the 5 types of context clues

Definition, description, example, synonym, antonym

500

Blubber is sandwiched between what other two layers of an animals body?

 Skin and mucsle

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