Academic Vocabulary for Team Goal: 3rd Nine Weeks

A sound effect in writing (as a poem) whose lines end in similar sounds is known as

• sequential order

• suspense

• rhyme

• figurative language

Onomatopoeia means

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• an organization pattern of writing that places events in a fixed or particular order

• a very funny word

• a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist

• a sound effect in writing where a word imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to

This is what you would call a group of lines of poetry (usually 4 or more) arranged according to a fixed plan

• stanza

• suspense

• narrator

• conflict

Which of the following math definitions explains a quadrant?

• The line on a graph that runs horizontally (left-right) through zero

• The line that runs vertically (up and down) through zero on a graph

• the bottom number in a fraction showing the number of parts the whole is divided into

• 4 areas made when you divide up a plane by an x and y axis

The X-Axis of a graph is ...

• the place one to the right of the decimal point in a number. Represents one of ten equal parts

• the line on a graph that runs horizontally (left-right) through zero

• numbers we can multiply together to get another number

• number above the line of a fraction showing the number of parts of the whole

The line that runs vertically (up and down) through zero on a graph is called ...

• numerator

• X-Axis

• quadrant

• Y-Axis

What do we call the amount of 3-dimensional space something takes up?

• factors

• volume

• divisor

• denominator

What does the term "simplify" mean in math?

• to find the amount of 3-dimensional space something takes up

• to multiply two or more numbers together

• to reduce an equation or fraction to a simpler form

• to find the answer to a division problem

Which of the following definitions describes "climate"?

• average measurements of temperature, wind, humidity, snow, and rain in a place over the course of years

• the temperature and other outside conditions (such as rain, cloudiness, etc.) at a particular time and place

• all of the living things (plants, animals and organisms) in a given area, interacting with each other, and also with their non-living environments (weather, earth, sun, soil, climate, atmosphere)

• the gradual wearing down of something by wind, water or other natural forces

The temperature and other outside conditions (such as rain, cloudiness, etc.) at a particular time and place is called

• climate

• ecosystem

• weather

• erosion