Benchmark Unit 1 Week 1 Vocabulary - Observing Nature

What does it mean to observe?

• To watch or view something

• To interact with others

• To appreciate the senses

• To encounter unexpected things

What is nature?

• Things in the physical world

• A way of perceiving the world

• Describing things related to the senses

• People or things having an effect on each other

What does it mean to interact with something?

• To watch or study

• To be grateful for

• To have an effect on another

• To protect and shield

What does it mean to appreciate?

• To be grateful for; to recognize the full worth

• To land or settle onto something

• Snobbish or proud

• Huge

What does it mean to be solitary?

• To watch or study

• When something is alone

• To meet someone or something

• Shining and vibrating with light

What does the word senses relate to?

• Something really big

• Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch

• To watch or study

• Twisting or turning

What does it mean when something is solitary?

• To be grateful for

• When something is alone

• Shining and vibrating with light

• Snobbish or proud

What does it mean to alight?

• To land or settle onto something

• A way of perceiving the world

• Things in the natural world

• A leisurely walk

What does it mean to be haughty?

• To protect

• To be grateful

• Huge

• Arrogant or proud

The word vast means that something is

• Natural

• Alone

• Twisting

• Huge or immense