Prefixes
Social Studies
Science
Power Words
Idioms
100

What does Trans- mean? Give an example 

To go across or through or to change. 

Transform, translate, transgender, transcontinental, transportation 

100

What does Agriculture mean? 

Has to do with farming. 

100

What are the 3 parts of the Earth? 

Crust; Mantle; Core 

100
What does Contrast mean? 

Tell how things are different 

100

What does she has Ants in her Pants mean? 

That person cannot sit still. They have a lot of energy. 
200

What does Micro- mean? 

Give an example. 

Small

Microchip, microphone, microscope

200
What is Urbanization? 

The movement of a population from the farm land to the cities. 

200

What are Fossil Fuels and given an example. 

nonrenewable resources that were formed from the remains of living things.

Oil, gas, coal. 

200

What does compare mean? 

Tell how things are the same

200

What does that makes my blood boil mean? 

It makes me very mad or angry 

300

What does Auto- mean?

Given an example

Self

Autotroph, automatic, autobiography. 

300

What does Boycott mean? 


A group of people who refuse to do or buy something. 

300

What are the four outer planets? And what are they made of? 

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, (made entirely of gas)

300

What does it mean to describe something? 

Tell all the details 

300

What does I need to work around the clock to finish this project mean? 

I need to work all night or work for many hours. 

400

What does Geo- mean? 

Given an example

Earth

Geography, geology, geographic 

400

Describe the Industrial Revolution.

What does the word "Revolution" mean? 

The process of making things by machines in factories instead of by hand.

Revolution means a "change" 

400

What is a satellite? 

A natural or artificial object orbiting another body in space.

400

What is a prediction? 

To tell what will happen next 

400
What does hit the books mean? 

To study 

500

What does Poly- mean

Give an example

Many

Polygon, polytheism

500

What does Assimilation mean? 

To become part of another culture. To become similar to another culture. 

500

What is a Asteroid?  

They are a class of small solar system objects that orbit around the sun.

Too small to be considered a planet.

500

What does it mean to infer? 

To use what you know plus what you read to tell what is happening right now in the story (not what happening next) . 
500

What does hit the sack mean? 

To go to sleep.