Lesson 8 Vocabulary

to hold something or to have it within something

• contain

• habit

• finicky

• spine

Answer explanation

Martina and Sam loved visiting the bead shop where small containers were filled with all types of beads.

to change food that has been eaten into simpler forms the body can use.

• nursery

• digest

• spine

• hinge

hard to please or fussy

• marsh

• digest

• finicky

• habit

something that a person does so often that it is done without thinking OR a special kind of clothing word by a certain group

• contain

• digest

• hinge

• habit

a joint on a lid or door that allows it to swing open

• hinge

• spine

• thrive

• container

a low-lying area often covered in tall grasses where the ground is soft and wet

• finnicky

• marsh

• container

• spine

a room for babies or a place where plants are sold

• marsh

• rely

• digest

• nursery

to count on, or able to be counted on

• spine

• rely

• hinge

• thrive

the backbone OR a thin stiff part that sticks out of certain plants and animals

• hinge

• spine

• digest

• container

to do well, to grow strong and healthy

• thrive

• rely

• digest

• marsh