Ject & Sect Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "dejected" mean?

• To throw out

• To feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit

• A machine that throws an image onto a wall

• The curved path of an object thrown into space

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

What is an "injection"?

• A word thrown into a sentence or conversation

• To throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane

• A shot; the "throwing" of medicine into the body by a needle

• An object thrown into the air with great force

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.L.3.4C

What does the word "jettison" mean?

• To throw oneself under someone else's rule

• To throw out

• To throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane

• The curved path of an object thrown into space

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is a "projectile"?

• A machine that throws an image onto a wall

• An object thrown into the air with great force

• To throw something out because it's defective and can't be used again

• A word thrown into a sentence or conversation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.8.4A

What is the meaning of "trajectory"?

• To throw out

• The curved path of an object thrown into space

• To feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit

• A shot; the "throwing" of medicine into the body by a needle

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does the word 'bisect' mean?

• To cut into three separate pieces

• To cut into two pieces

• To cut apart for the purpose of investigation

• Surgery on living animals

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

What is the meaning of 'dissect'?

• To cut into two pieces

• To cut across something

• To cut apart for the purpose of investigation

• The point at which two lines or roads meet

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is an 'insect'?

• A separate part of a society, group, or area

• A class of small arthropod animals with separated head, thorax, and abdomen

• A couch that is made up of separate pieces

• Surgery on living animals

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does 'intersection' refer to?

• To cut into two pieces

• A separate part of something

• The point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other

• To cut across something

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is a 'section'?

• A separate part of a society, group, or area

• To cut into three separate pieces

• A separate part of something

• To cut apart for the purpose of investigation

Tags

CCSS.7.G.A.3