Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
Vocab./Text Structures
Text Structures
100

measure around

What is perimeter?

100

Write about life.

What is biography?

100

measure the eye

What is optometry?

100

measure in hundreds

What is centimeter?

100

to outline a solution to a problem

What is problem/solution?

200

keeps temperature steady, not moving

What is thermostat?

200

study of life

What is biology?

200

lives in both air and water

What is amphibian?

200

measure together

What is symmetry?

200

To show how one event causes another event; to show reasons or motivation for an action

What is cause/effect?

300

requires air for life

What is aerobic?

300

measures heat

What is thermometer?

300

two species living together

What is symbiosis?

300

heat from the earth

What is geothermal?
300

To describe someone or something, so a picture forms in the reader's mind

What is description?

400

measure the earth

What is geometry?

400

inspect life

What is biopsy?

400

a small living thing

What is a microbe?

400

To discuss the similarities and differences between two topics.

What is compare/contrast?

400

Text structure using signal words: because, if/then, since, as a result

What is cause/effect?

500

go against life (of something invasive)

What is antibiotic?

500

measure through

What is diameter?

500

a highly accurate timepiece

What is chronometer?

500

To show the order in which something happened or is done.

What is sequence/chronological?

500

Text structure that uses signal words: dilemma/problem, challenge, to solve, one answer, one reason

What is problem/solution?