wit wisdom

wit wisdom

by Travontae Anderson

Multiple Choice

1. What word means, "very big"?

• explore

• immense

• luminous

• desperately

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observe

• to watch with care

• the natural environment of an animal or plant

• to bring light to or shine light on

• account of a person’s life

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What year did the Civil Rights Act pass?

• 1863

• 1964

• 1864

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To watch with care

• study

• obey

• observe

• listen

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observe

• to watch with care

• an account of a person’s life

• having imaginative or unusual features

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The physical world, including plants, animals, mountains, oceans, and stars, is ______.

• nature (noun)

• fall (noun)

• migrate (verb)

• change (verb)

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revolve

• travel in a circle around a specific point

• to travel up and down

• to spin and fall

• to start and go from a specific point

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2. What word means, "With an extreme sense of urgency, need, or desperation"?

• explore

• immense

• luminous

• desperately

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condemned

• shut off

• upset; angry

• punished; locked up; convicted

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____ is the season after summer and before winter.

• change (verb)

• observe (verb)

• fall (noun)

• nature (noun)

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thrived

• to grow with great health or success

• to eat healthy snacks and smile

• to shrink

• to lay down to sleep

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habitat

• to bring light to or shine light on

• the natural environment of an animal or plant

• a group of living things that are the same in many important ways

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astronomer

• a scientist who studies animals

• a scientist who studies humans

• a scientist who studies Earth

• a scientist who studies space

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To _____ means to make something different or to become different.

• fall (noun)

• change (verb)

• observe (verb)

• migrate (verb)

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pardoned

• to get suspended

• to send home from school

• to release (excuse) someone from legal consequences of a crime.

• to punish

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An account of a person’s life

• book

• biography

• theme

• rhyme

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accomplished

• skillful; very able;done

• special

• unskilled; not able; continued on

• fabulous

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To watch carefully is to ______.

• migrate (verb)

• change (verb)

• nature (noun)

• observe (verb)

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traditions

• not smart; ignorant

• classes

• a practice or belief passed down through generations of a culture or group of people.

• books to read

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illuminate

• range of life forms in a stated location

• giving off light naturally by certain kinds of insects, fish, or bacteria

• to bring light to or shine light on

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punished

• to give a reward

• to give a snack

• to treat someone with kindness and love because of what they did

• to treat someone in a harsh way because of something they did wrong

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To move from one area to another is to _____.

• migrate (verb)

• nature (noun)

• change (verb)

• observe (verb)

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doubt

• to know something for sure

• to not be sure of something

• having faith

• believing in something

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What does injustice mean?

• Lack of fairness

• Lack of responsibility

• Lack of respect

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influence

• to cause a person or thing to change without physically acting

• to use physical actions to do something

• powerlessness

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A ______ is where and when a story takes place.

• setting (noun)

• character (noun)

• fall (verb)

• ready (adverb)

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mission

• a hobby

• unemployment

• a special job given to a person or group of people

• a special treat

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biography

• to watch with care

• an account of a person’s life

• animal that kills and eats other animals

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reduced

• to make very big

• to have a traditional party during a certain time of year.

• to make larger in amount or size

• to make smaller in amount or size

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To _____ means to fly or sail up in the air.

• fall (verb)

• character (noun)

• soar (verb)

• setting (noun)

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released

• to keep secure

• to hold captive

• to set someone or something free

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Having imaginative or unusual features

• fiction

• frame

• fantastic

• pizza

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assembly

• gathering of people for a particular purpose

• to fix or mend

• to take apart

• a concert

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A ______ is who a story is about.

• setting (noun)

• character (noun)

• ready (adverb)

• fall (verb)

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clipped

• a haircut at a salon

• very long sounds coming from a person

• rapidly articulated (spoken) to omit certain sounds

• rapidly shaking of a foot or hand

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tinker

• an account of a person’s life

• range of life forms in a stated location

• experiment with making, changing, or fixing something

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lunar

• the air we breathe

• the plants of the sea

• having to do with all of the planets in the solar system

• having to do with or related to the moon

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To be _____ is to be prepared to act or do something.

• character (noun)

• fall (verb)

• soar (verb)

• ready (adverb)

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satellites

• an object in the sky that moves around another larger object.

• a far off distant planet

• a spaceship that orbits the planet Saturn

• an object in the sky that falls to Earth

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habitat

• to watch with care

• the natural environment of an animal or plant

• to bring light to or shine light on

• account of a person’s life

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To ___ means to come or go down from a higher spot.

• fall (verb)

• ready (adverb)

• soar (verb)

• character (noun)

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fantastic

• capable of capturing one’s intense interest and attention; enchanting; spellbinding

• of large volume

• having imaginative or unusual features

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A _____ is a lizard that is able to change its skin color.

• camouflage (verb)

• resolution (noun)

• chameleon (noun)

• problem (noun)

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The natural environment of an animal or plant

• habitat

• city

• Walmart

• hair

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To __________ means to hide something by covering or coloring it so that it looks like its surroundings.

• camouflage (verb)

• chameleon (noun)

• problem (noun)

• resolution (noun)

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fascinating

• having imaginative or unusual features

• capable of capturing one’s intense interest and attention; enchanting; spellbinding

• giving off light naturally by certain kinds of insects, fish, or bacteria

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A ______ is a challenge for the main character.

• camouflage (verb)

• problem (noun)

• chameleon (noun)

• resolution (noun)

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Were black people treated fairly in 1963?

• Yes

• No

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A _____ is how a problem in a story ends.

• chameleon (noun)

• camouflage (verb)

• problem (noun)

• resolution (noun)

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bulky

• bondage; imprisonment

• an account of a person’s life

• of large volume

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To _____ is to continue to live.

• survive (verb)

• sunlight (noun)

• pigment (noun)

• absorb (verb)

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Of large volume

• brilliant

• breakable

• bulky

• garbage

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Warmth and light from the sun is ________.

• pigment (noun)

• absorb (verb)

• sunlight (noun)

• survive (verb)

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predator

• to watch with care

• a group of living things that are the same in many important ways

• animal that kills and eats other animals

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Something natural that adds color to plants and animals is _______.

• survive (verb)

• sunlight (noun)

• absorb (verb)

• pigment (noun)

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3. What word means, "to try to understand something by looking at it in detail"?

• luminous

• desperately

• immense

• explore

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To ______ means to take in or soak up.

• sunlight (noun)

• absorb (verb)

• survive (verb)

• pigment (noun)

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prey

• animal that other animals hunt

• animal that kills and eats other animals

• to push or drive with force

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A ______ is one of the four periods throughout the year.

• cycle (noun)

• season (noun)

• branch (noun)

• root (noun)

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Experiment with making, changing, or fixing

something

• tinker

• observation

• toy

• run

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A _____ cycle is a bunch of events that repeat in a circle.

• root (noun)

• season (noun)

• bare (adjective)

• cycle (noun)

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species

• range of life forms in a stated location

• a specific environment and the living things in the environment

• a group of living things that are the same in many important ways

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A _____ is a part of a tree that grows underground and keeps the tree in place.

• root (noun)

• season (noun)

• branch (noun)

• cycle (noun)

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Who lead a peaceful protest?

• Miss Lehane

• Abraham Lincoln

• Martin Luther King Jr.

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A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk and has leaves is a _____.

• cycle (noun)

• season (noun)

• branch (noun)

• bare (adjective)

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biodiversity

• giving off light naturally by certain kinds of insects, fish, or bacteria

• a specific environment and the living things in the environment

• range of life forms in a stated location

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To be ____ means to be not covered.

• root (noun)

• bare (adjective)

• season (noun)

• cycle (noun)

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To bring light to or shine light on

• listen

• laugh

• grow

• illuminate

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ecosystem

• bondage; imprisonment

• a specific environment and the living things in the environment

• giving off light naturally by certain kinds of insects, fish, or bacteria

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illuminate

• to watch with care

• the natural environment of an animal or plant

• to bring light to or shine light on

• account of a person’s life

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captivity

• an account of a person’s life

• having imaginative or unusual features

• bondage; imprisonment

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An animal that other animals hunt

• purpose

• prey

• predator

• position

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bioluminescent

• capable of capturing one’s intense interest and attention; enchanting; spellbinding

• a group of living things that are the same in many important ways

• giving off light naturally by certain kinds of insects, fish, or bacteria

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What does segregation mean?

• Keeping people apart

• Bringing people together

• Being Fair

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thrust

• to push or drive with force

• having imaginative or unusual features

• to watch with care

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Range of life forms in a stated location

• grass

• biodiversity

• body

• brain

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4. What word means, "giving off light"?

• desperately

• luminous

• immense

• explore

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To be in bondage; imprisonment

• captivity

• grounded

• filth

• school

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A small building in which payments are collected so that passage on or access to a roadway can be permitted.

• Wisdom

• Doldrums

• Knowledge

• Tollbooth

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To push or drive with force

• test

• time

• teacher

• thrust

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biography

• to watch with care

• the natural environment of an animal or plant

• to bring light to or shine light on

• account of a person’s life

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Animal that kills and eats other animals

• predator

• prison

• prey

• birds

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Seemingly real but actually not real.

• Phantom

• Wisdom

• Lethargy

• Presume

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A group of living things that are the same in

many important ways. Members of a species can

produce young together.

• spider

• group

• species

• giants

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5. What word means "very big"?

• loomed

• nonfiction

• revise

• colossal

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Giving off light naturally by certain kinds of

insects, fish, or bacteria

• pretty

• bioluminescent

• glow

• whale

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Accumulated knowledge or learning.

• Presume

• Ignorance

• Wisdom

• Lethargy

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a specific environment and the living things in the

environment

• ecosystem

• Earth

• aliens

• restroom

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Tinker

• experiment with making, changing, or fixing something

• having imaginative or unusual features

• capable of capturing one’s intense interest and attention; enchanting; spellbinding

• of large volume

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capable of capturing one’s intense interest and

attention; enchanting; spellbinding

• fancy

• fascinating

• bad

• weird

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observe

• to watch with care

• an account of a person’s life

• having imaginative or unusual features

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6. What word means, "a short statement about what has previously been stated"?

• summary

• colossal

• revise

• nonfiction

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habitat

• to bring light to or shine light on

• the natural environment of an animal or plant

• a group of living things that are the same in many important ways

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fantastic

• experiment with making, changing, or fixing something

• having imaginative or unusual features

• capable of capturing one’s intense interest and attention; enchanting; spellbinding

• of large volume

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habitat

• to bring light to or shine light on

• the natural environment of an animal or plant

• a group of living things that are the same in many important ways

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7. What word means, "To appear or to come into view, often as a large or twisted shape"?

• loomed

• summary

• colossal

• revise

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To take something with the intention of returning it

• market

• burros

• borrow

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fascinating

• experiment with making, changing, or fixing something

• having imaginative or unusual features

• capable of capturing one’s intense interest and attention; enchanting; spellbinding

• of large volume

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donkeys

• borrow

• burros

• scholar

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8. Which word means, "Written works that are not fiction ; informational text"?

• summary

• nonfiction

• colossal

• revise

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I love to explore my backyard and discover new things.

What is the best definition of the word explore in the sentence above?

• to do chores in

• to play games in

• to do homework in

• to look at in detail

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bulky

• experiment with making, changing, or fixing something

• having imaginative or unusual features

• capable of capturing one’s intense interest and attention; enchanting; spellbinding

• of large volume

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The ocean is immense with more water than you can imagine.

What is the best definition of the word immense in the sentence above?

• very big

• very scary

• very wet

• very full of fish

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9. Which word means, "to change or make different"?

• summary

• colossal

• revise

• nonfiction

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A _____ is a large flat area of grassland.

• settler

• prairie

• impact

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predator

• animal that kills and eats other animals

• animal that other animals hunt

• a group of living things that are the same in many important ways.

• range of life forms in a stated location

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A ______ is someone who goes to live in a new place.

• impact

• prairie

• settler

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10. Which word means, "Element found in food that helps living things grow"?

• vast

• nutrient

• flexible

• overwhelmed

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To have an ______ is to cause change.

• settler

• impact

• prairie

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prey

• animal that kills and eats other animals

• animal that other animals hunt

• a group of living things that are the same in many important ways

• range of life forms in a stated location

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A ____ is a group of people with the same background, language, and culture.

• tribe

• nomadic

• reservation

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11. Which word means, "very large in size or area"?

• vast

• nutrient

• flexible

• overwhelmed

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Being _______ means moving from place to place without keeping a home in one place.

• reservation

• nomadic

• tribe

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species

• animal that kills and eats other animals

• animal that other animals hunt

• a group of living things that are the same in many important ways.

• range of life forms in a stated location

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What is figurative language?

• using words to mean exactly what you say.

• using words to compare two things

• using words to compare two things using like or as

• using words in a way that is different than the actual meaning

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12. Which word means, "a small piece of matter"?

• vast

• flexible

• overwhelmed

• speck

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What is literal language?

• using words in a different way that is different than the actual meaning

• using words to compare two things

• using words to compare two things using like or as

• using words to mean exactly what you say

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biodiversity

• animal that kills and eats other animals

• animal that other animals hunt

• a group of living things that are the same in many important ways.

• range of life forms in a stated location

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surrender

• to give up; to give in to another's power or demands.

• to keep going; to never give in

• to enjoy life

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13. Which word means, "To load or burden with too much of something"?

• vast

• speck

• overwhelmed

• flexible

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poverty

• poor, but still having your needs met

• rich, having lots of money for everything you need.

• poor, not having enough property, money, or food.

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ecosystem

• a specific environment and the living things in the environment

• bondage; imprisonment

• giving off light naturally by certain kinds of insects, fish, or bacteria

• to push or drive with force

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14. Which word means, "easily changed or adapted"?

• flexible

• vast

• nutrient

• overwhelmed

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captivity

• a specific environment and the living things in the environment

• bondage; imprisonment

• giving off light naturally by certain kinds of insects, fish, or bacteria

• to push or drive with force

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bioluminescent

• a specific environment and the living things in the environment

• bondage; imprisonment

• giving off light naturally by certain kinds of insects, fish, or bacteria

• to push or drive with force

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thrust

• a specific environment and the living things in the environment

• bondage; imprisonment

• giving off light naturally by certain kinds of insects, fish, or bacteria

• to push or drive with force