Lesson 1-5 Night of the Spadefoot Toad Vocabulary

claimed

• to state that something is true, even though it has not been proved

• to be silent

• a type of fish in a shell

experiment

• to go somewhere or do something with others

• a scientific test done to find out how something reacts under certain conditions, or to find out if a particular idea is true

• the space around a room

species

• aliens from another planet

• space that one takes up

• a group of animals or plants whose members are similar and can breed together to produce young animals or plants

ecosystems

• the environment

• all the animals and plants in a particular area, and the way in which they are related to each other and to their environment

• the economy of the world

biomes

• a type of environment that is described according to the typical weather conditions and plants that exist there

• a dome that a mouse lives in

• the biology of a dome

wry

• a black fence

• a piece of bread

• an expression or humor that shows that you know a situation is bad, but you also think it is slightly amusing

baffled

• confused; you cannot understand or explain it at all

• a piece of breakfast food

• to block someone from coming into a room

deflated

• a flat surface that becomes round

• to not be flated

• a tire or tube that gets smaller because the gas inside it comes out

marvel

• to feel or express great surprise or admiration at something, especially someone’s behavior

• a superhero

• to unravel

vernal

• a pond

• relating to the spring

• to be vulnerable