Reading Vocab
The meaning of "cite" in the context of a reading passage
What is to quote or reference evidence from the text?
If one interior angle of a triangle is 60 degrees and another is 80 degrees, this is the third angle.
What is 40 degrees?
Definition of an abiotic factor.
What is a non-living component of an ecosystem, such as water, sunlight, or minerals.
What you should do if a question is too difficult.
Move on to the next question and come back to it later if time allows.
The term "identify" means this.
What is to recognize or name something? (or something similar.
This means to briefly restate the main points of a text in your own words.
What is summarize?
This theorem can be used to find the length of the hypotenuse.
What is Pythagorean Theorem?
This is an organism or species that signals the health of an ecosystem.
What is a bioindicator?
The term "best" means this in a multiple-choice question.
What is it refers to the answer that is most correct or most appropriate among the options provided? (or similar response)
A term that means to back up with evidence or facts.
What is support?
These two verbs mean to identify similarities and differences between two or more items
What are compare and contrast?
If a line goes down from left to right, this is the sign of its slope.
What is negative?
Saltwater, air, and kool-aid are examples of this type of mixture.
What is homogeneous?
When you should guess on a multiple-choice question.
What is when you have eliminated at least one or two options?
A term that refers to facts or information that prove something.
What is evidence?
Defintion of "theme" in a story
What is the main idea or underlying message in a piece of literature?
If the y-intercept of a line is -2, this point is where the line crosses the y-axis.
What is (0, -2)?
Give a reason why the Law of Superposition is important in geology?
What is it helps geologists understand Earth's history and the sequence of geological events?
Name three things you should make sure to do before a test. This could be the week before, the night before, the morning of, etc.
Answers will vary
What it means to interpret something.
What is to explain the meaning of something?
Explain the term "author's purpose" and give an example of what an author's purpose could be.
What is the reason why the author wrote the text?
Common reasons why: to inform, entertain, persuade, express, etc.
This is the product of an irrational number and a rational number.
What is irrational (unless the rational number is zero).
What high turbidity could indicate.
What is low dissolved oxygen?
How to identify a "trap" answer. (A trap answer is like a distractor; it appears ALMOST right.)
What is look for answers that are partially true but do not fully answer the question? (or some form of this response)
A term that means to find out or come to a decision.
What is determine?