Understanding Vocabulary in Context 2

Read these sentences from the passage.

Fall is a season full of change, both in nature and in people’s daily lives. The cooling weather is a prelude to winter, and the dropping leaves create a colorful scene.

Define prelude as it is used in the passage.

• It is an event that happens after winter.

• A dance people perform in the fall.

• It is an event that happens before winter.

• A piece of music about seasons

Read the sentence from the passage.

In mountain areas, rocks shaped by

pressure and heat may become metamorphic formations.

What do the parts of the word metamorphic mean?

What does metamorphic mean?

• change in rocks after pressure and heat

• meta

• makes it an adjective

• morph

• after

• metamorphic

• form or shape

• ic

There are 4 drop down blanks to answer.

Animal behavior also changes in fall. Many birds begin their long journey or ​ Y (a)   south, while some animals start to go into a deep sleep or​ (b)   .

The root word migrat means​ (c)   .

The root word hiber means​ (d)   .

• change or transport
• winter
• migration
• hibernation

Read the paragraph from the passage.

Math can even describe fall changes. Think about leaves: if a tree drops one numeral of leaves each day, you could count with a numerator and denominator to measure fractions of leaves that remain. Multiplying piles of leaves is like doing multiplication problems, while the shapes of leaves often resemble polygons with many sides. Some leaves even look like stars, which are polyshaped forms.

Match the word with the correct definition.

• the number on the bottom of a fraction

• numeral

• number

• polyshaped

• a shape with many sides

• denominator

• the number on top of a fraction

• numerator

There are 4 drag and drop blanks to answer.

Identify the definition of each of the affixes.

-less​ (a)  

-tion​ (b)  

meta-​ (c)  

re-​ (d)  

• without
• the action or result of
• after
• again

There are 3 drag and drop blanks to answer.

Identify the definiton of the affixes.

mis- ​ (a)  

multi- ​ ​ (b)  

over- ​ (c)  

• bad
• many
• more than

Read the sentence from the passage.

Scientists use careful exploration to track animal movements and notice how even small changes

in climate may cause conflict between species

What does exploration mean?