Week 19 Vocabulary

What does atmosphere mean?

• the solids of the earth

• the layer of gases around the earth

• the liquids on earth surface

• the type of lava earth forms

What does it mean when something decays?

• rots

• grows

• sprouts

• falls over

What does gradual mean?

• to happen fast

• to never occur

• happens slowly

• to occur repeatedly

What does impact mean?

• a strong effect

• no effect

• a small effect

• never occuring

What does noticeably mean?

• hard to see

• transparent

• happening slowly

• easy to see

What does receding mean?

• moving back or away

• happen slowly

• to rot

• having a strong effect

What does stability mean?

• moving around from place to place

• solid, steady, and doesn't change much

• never ending

• a strong effect

What are variations?

• the way something moves around on earth

• the type of clothing people wear for cultural events

• how the earth moves around the sun

• the amount that something changes, such as in temperature

What does declined mean?

• to look forward to something

• to become smaller or refuse

• a positive thought

• concentrating on one thing

What does text structure mean?

• the amount of information the author includes in the text

• the type of features the text includes

• the way the author organizes information in a text

• the point of view in which the author wrote the passage