5th Grade Word of the Day Terr/Geo and Naut/Nav

When you watch outer space movies or read books that are Science Fiction, you are sure to hear or read this word.

• extraterrestrial
• subterranean
• geographer
• geology
• astronaut

What do you call the study of the earth that pertains to rocks and the crust?

• geology
• extraterrestrial
• subterranean
• geographer
• astronaut

Dogs often bury their bones and then later they can be found in this part of the ground.

• subterranean
• extraterrestrial
• geographer
• geology
• astronaut

_____________________ miles measure distance at sea.

• nautical
• extraterrestrial
• subterranean
• geographer
• geology

He will ____________________ the entire globe and eventually see the world.

• circumnavigate
• extraterrestrial
• subterranean
• geographer
• geology

Do you believe that there really was an ________________ that walked on the moon?

• astronaut
• extraterrestrial
• subterranean
• geographer
• geology

The ______________________ was traveling the land studying landforms and climate of each region.

• geographer
• extraterrestrial
• subterranean
• geology
• astronaut

The captain of our ship was a great __________________ because he got us to the island where we were going for vacation.

• navigator
• extraterrestrial
• subterranean
• geographer
• geology

What does the root “terr/geo” mean?

• earth
• after
• again
• to send
• relating to sailing/ships/travel

What does the root “naut/nav” mean?

• relating to sailing/ships/travel
• after
• earth
• again
• to send