Project Mulberry
Ecosystems
Ali, Child of the Desert
Vocabulary
MISC
100
This is the author of Project Mulberry:
Who is LINDA SUE PARK?
100
This is a living thing:
What is an ORGANISM?
100
This is the author of the story:
Who is JONATHAN LONDON?
100
"Dark shapes against a light background"
What are SILHOUETTES?
100
This is descriptive language that creates word pictures for readers:
What is IMAGERY?
200
This is the source of a caterpillar's silk:
What is ITS MOUTH?
200
This is the place where an organism lives:
What is a HABITAT?
200
This is the country where Ali lived:
What is MOROCCO?
200
"Side of an animal's body"
What is FLANK?
200
This is Joseph Teacher's favorite MOUNTAIN in Seoul:
What is DOBONGSAN?
300
This is Julia's friend (hint: he's a boy):
Who is PATRICK?
300
Monarch butterflies travel from parts of Western Canada to...
What are the UNITED STATES AND MEXICO?
300
This is the food that the old Berber left for Ali:
What are DATES?
300
"Place in the desert with water and trees"
What is OASIS?
300
This is a type of figurative language that gives human qualities to nonhuman things:
What is PERSONIFICATION?
400
This is the four-step life cycle of a silkworm:
What is EGG-WORM-COCOON-MOTH?
400
These are two examples of scavengers:
What are VULTURES AND CATFISH?
400
This is why warriors leave a single lock of hair on their shaven heads:
So ALLAH CAN GRAB THEM WHEN THEY DIE AND PULL THEM TO HEAVEN.
400
"Place that protects you from bad weather or danger"
What is SHELTER?
400
This is the full name of Joseph Teacher's cat:
What is MAXIMILIAN?
500
These are Patrick's younger siblings:
Who are HUGH, BEN, and NICKY?
500
These are the two main kinds of decomposers:
What are BACTERIA AND FUNGI?
500
This is "thank you" in Arabic?
What is SHOUKRAN?
500
"Refused to allow"
What is VETOED?
500
This is the time and place of a story's action:
What is SETTING?