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Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of the word conserve?
a)
to protect or save something
b)
a mix of organic material used as fertilizer
c)
to soak in vinegar or salt to preseve
d)
to break down, rot, or decay
2.
What is the definition of the word putrid?
a)
to save or protect something
b)
to soak in vinegar or salt to preserve something
c)
okay to eat
d)
rotting and giving off an awful smell
3.
What is the definition for the word compost?
a)
to soak in vinegar to preserve
b)
rotting and giving off a bad smell
c)
to break down or rot or decay
d)
organic material used for fertilizer
4.
What is the definition for the word edible?
a)
okay to eat
b)
to save or protect something
c)
to give off a bad smell
d)
to break down, rot, or decay
5.
What is the definition for the word decompose?
a)
to break down, rot, or decay
b)
to become more rotten over time
c)
okay to eat
d)
to soak in water or vinegar to preserve
6.
Which is the correct definition for the word pickle?
a)
to rot or decay
b)
to save or protect something
c)
to soak in salt or vinegar to preserve a food
d)
to become rotten over time
7.
Which is the definition of the word fester?
a)
a mix of organic material used for fertilizer
b)
to save or protect something
c)
to become more rotten over time
d)
okay to eat
8.
Which word should be used in the sentence? We put our potato peels in the ____ bin.
a)
putrid
b)
compost
c)
decompose
d)
edible
9.
Which word should be used in the sentence? The orange wasn't __ because it was rotten.
a)
edible
b)
decompose
c)
putrid
d)
conserve
10.
Which word should be used? We ___ water by taking shorter showers each morning.
a)
putrid
b)
conserve
c)
decompose
d)
fester
11.
Which word should be used? The open wound began to ___ after the infection set in.
a)
putrid
b)
fester
c)
decompose
d)
conserve
12.
Which word should be used? The garbage can contained a ___ mess of rotting food scraps.
a)
conserve
b)
putrid
c)
decompose
d)
compost
13.
Which word should be used? My grandmother likes to ___ okra and cucumbers to eat.
a)
compost
b)
conserve
c)
pickle
d)
decompose
14.
Which word should be used? The dead squirrel began to __ after lying on the road for two days.
a)
putrid
b)
conserve
c)
pickle
d)
decompose
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