5th grade Unit 8 Week 2 Vocabulary

Which words are synonyms (words of a similar meaning) for disapprove?

• Oppose

• allow

• reject

• deny

What is a reservoir?

• place where something is kept in store

• a plan or scheme to do something

• to provide with what is useful in achieving an end : AID, ASSIST

• a long period of dry weather

What is the definition of the word shortsighted as it is used in the sentence below?

The plan was dangerously shortsighted.

• careful

• showing or containing good sense or reason

• showing a failure to think ahead : lacking foresight

• someone who needs glasses

What is the definition of the word conservation?

• talking or a talk between two or more people

• dialogue

• to spend or use carelessly

• a careful preservation and protection of something

Which of the following is an antonym for the word invest?

• infuse

• equip

• waste

• fill

Which of the following is not a synonym for the word altering?

• modify

• constant

• change

• revise

Sediment is solid material that is moved and deposited in a new location. It can consist of which of the following:

• rocks

• minerals

• the remains of plants and animals

• sand

Which of the following is the definition of the word erosion?

• to wear away by or as if by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice

• to put or bring back into existence or use

• to make or form by combining or arranging parts

• the quality or state of erring

Which of the following definitions is correct for the word impact?

• the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor

• a gradual weakening, loss, or destruction

• to have a strong effect on

• to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly

What does accommodate mean?

• to go to the commode

• to adapt oneself

• to destroy or interrupt the orderly structure or function of

• to cause to pass from one to another