3rd Grade Wonders Unit 5 Week 3 Vocabulary

What does the word respond mean?

• ask
• create
• react
• start

What does the word prevention mean?

•  to keep something from happening
•  to cause something to happen
•  to want something to happen
•  to watch something happen

Which of the following is an example of a disaster?

•  moving to a new house
•  the opening of a school
•  a baseball game
•  a forest fire

What is equipment?

•  toys for older children
• the place people work
•  a training class for a job
•  the supplies you need to do a job

What does the word accidental mean?

• not noticed
• not expected
• not understood
• not agreed upon

What does it mean to be careless?

•  not paying close attention
•  carefully planning the details
•  doing something very slowly
•  closely paying attention

Read the dictionary entry below.
 adj. 1. causing injury or damage
Which selection vocabulary word matches the dictionary entry?

• accidental
• careless
• equipment
• harmful

What does the word purpose mean?

•  an animal that lives in the ocean
•  the result of something that is done
•  something that someone plans to do
•  the reason for which something is done