Benchmark U7W1 Vocabulary Slides

​U7 Week 1 Vocab

By Riley Prickett-Armstrong

Celsius (adjective):

a measurement of temperature using a scale where water boils at 100 degrees and freezes at 0 degrees.

constructed (verb)


to build or make something

explorer (noun)

- a person who travels in order to discover what a new place is like

founded (verb)

- to set up or start something, such as a colony in the New World

proud (adjective)

- pleased and satisfied with what you or someone else has achieved

resident (noun)

- someone who lives in a particular place

tourist (noun)

- someone who travels and visits places for pleasure

wetland (noun)

- marshy land; land where there is much moisture in the soil