Vocab 1
What is a glacier?
A large area of ice that moves slowly
What is an animal found in Alaska?
Walrus, polar bear, brown/black bear, moose, caribou, etc.
What is the biggest cause of erosion at a beach?
waves
What is the blank? You would not want to skate on a thin _____ of ice.
Layer
What is the prepositional phrase: The trees are in bloom.
In bloom
What is a mountain that erupts?
A volcano
How are glaciers made?
With layers of snow forming ice
What is a way to stop erosion?
Building sea walls
What word could replace the underlined word? Everyone was dancing to the energetic music.
Lively
Contraction or possessive: He's late to class.
Contraction
What is a synonym for unusual?
weird
What are the layers of a rain forest?
Emergent, canopy, understory, forest floor
True or false? You can always find a shore along an ocean.
True
We should line up in a ____ to go on break.
row
What is the possessive pronoun of I?
Mine
What is the opposite of light/bright?
darkness
What is the tallest mountain in Alaska?
Mt. McKinley
What problems can volcanos cause?
(1) Volcanic ash can damage jet engines.
(2) Flowing lava can destroy buildings and roads.
What is the blank: I wanted to see the fireworks ______ in the sky.
Explode
What is the possessive pronoun? This isn't my jacket. It's hers.
Hers
True or false? You can use a ruler to measure temperature.
False
What is a temperate rain forest?
A rain forest that grow in a cool place
How do scientist know when a volcano is about to erupt?
It swells as magma fills a chamber inside the volcano.
What is erosion?
When wind and water change the shape of Earth
What can a prepositional phrase tell us?
Where, when. or how an action happens