About Time-A First Look At Time and Clocks: Journeys 5th grade

What does the word "principle" mean in the following sentence?

Time is the organizing principle in our daily lives.

• A person of authority in a school

• a basic rule or law that supports an idea

• arranged in a line

• rust or decay

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What does the word "interval" mean in the following sentence?

An interval of three years without rain has been known.

• uniform; the same; with little variation

• very basic, or simplest form

• something curled into a spiral sphere

• a set amount of time between two events or moments

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What does the word "theory" mean in the following sentence?

Albert Einstein changed our thinking about time in 1905 when he published his theory of relativity.

• to control the way something works

• an idea or belief that has not been proven

• a basic rule or law that supports an idea

• a book

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What does the word "medieval" mean in the following sentence?

Medieval monasteries in Europe used water clocks with bells.

• the name given to the Middle Ages in Europe

• very basic, or simplest form

• the complete circle of Earth around the sun

• arranged in a line

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What does the word "mechanical" mean in the following sentence?

Cars have many mechanical parts.

• to control the way something words

• working like a machine, in an automatic way

• rusty or decayed

• located near or next to something

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What does the word "rudimentary" mean in the following sentence?

The first rudimentary mechanical clocks consisted of iron gears set in an upright frame.

• something curled into a spiral shape

• to control the way something works

• working like a machine

• very basic, or simplest form

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What does the word "corrosion" mean in the following sentence?

Many years of bad weather caused the corrosion of the paint on the car.

• grooved wheels that cause other grooved wheels to move

• rust or decay

• an idea or a belief

• an explosion from a large mountain

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What does the word "consistent" mean in the following sentence?

He has a consistent way of throwing the ball.

• uniform, the same; with little variation

• working like a machine, in an automatic way

• arranged in a line

• an object that is shaped like a tube

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What does the word "regulate" mean in the following sentence?

Green plants help to regulate the amounts of different gases in the atmosphere

• working like a machine

• to control the way something works

• located near or next to something

• uniform, the same; with little variation

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What does the word "cylinder" mean in the following sentence?

A can of oil has the shape of a cylinder.

• a object that is shaped like the moon

• an object that is shaped like a tube

• an object that is shaped like a square

• an object that is arranged in a line

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