Academic Vocabulary
stay alive; live through a dangerous event
What is survive?
tubes or passageways carrying fluid around an organism
What are vessels?
People need food, water, and shelter to ________.
What is survive?
My snug bubble-home keeps my skin _________ and saves me from drought.
What is tender?
enough for a particular purpose
What is sufficient?
separated and removed from the body
What is excreted?
Camouflage is a _____________ used by some animals.
What is defense?
The xylem and phloem ___________, or tubes, are like the "veins" of a plant.
What are vessels?
someone or something that protects
What is defense?
soaked; drenched
What is steeped?
The baker needed to __________ all the ingredients to make the cake.
The eyes of these flies can see more than we see. They see _____________ which is invisible to me.
What is ultraviolet?
categorized; grouped with
What is classified?
soft or gentle; easily damaged
What is tender?
The collector ___________ all his baseball cards according to teams.
What is classified?
When the pavement is ____________, or drenched, in heat, follow my heady perfume and you will track me down.
What is steeped?
get; take; obtain
What is acquire?
a color of light that is invisible to the human eye
What is ultraviolet?
For the reading test, 18 out of 20 is ___________ to earn an A.
What is sufficient?
In the spittlebug's body, sap is mixed with chemicals and then _____________, or removed from its body.
What is excreted?