Our Changing Oceans Vocabulary

What is the definition of tangible?

• The slow wearing away of rock or soil by wind.

• Can be seen or touched

• to move to a new location

• To be caugth in something like a rope.

Which word means to change in order to be successful in a new situation?

• endanger

• entangle

• discard

• adapt

Over time, ________ caused by the wind and sea had made the rocky shore fade away.

• endanger

• transplant

• tangible

• erosion

After reading a book on organization, Kara began to ________ items that no longer fit in her closet.

• discard

• disguise

• disappear

• disarm

People often have to ________ to new food and customs when they travel to new places.

• arrange

• adapt

• announce

• analyze

Detectives must find________ evidence so they can physically prove that a crime happened.

• tarantula

• tailspinning

• talkative

• tangible

Penguins have been found _________ in fishing nets.

• engaged

• entertained

• entangled

• enrolled

What is the definition of transplant?

• To see or touch an item

• To move to a new location

• To wear away rock or soil

• To put something or someone in danger

What is the definition of discard?

• To throw away

• To keep

• To keep in storage

• To sell it in the card store

Research shows that cigarette smoke ________ both the smoker and those who breathe in secondhand smoke.

• engulf

• endanger

• enhance

• engage