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Vocabulary Quiz 5: flect, flex

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A bulletproof vest is designed to do this to a bullet to protect police officers and military personnel.

a)

flexor

b)

reflect

c)

deflect

d)

inflexible

2.

It is important for ballet dancers to be this.

a)

inflexible

b)

flexible

c)

circumflex

d)

reflections

3.

Your arms and legs have these muscles to allow bending movements.

a)

flexor

b)

circumflex

c)

retroflex

d)

reflective

4.

Name the angle that bends all the way back beyond the angle of a straight line.

a)

circumflex

b)

reflex

c)

inflective

d)

retroflex

5.

Something that is bent or turned backward is in what physical state?

a)

retroflex

b)

inflexibility

c)

reflections

d)

deflect

6.

Books on tape always use readers who show this in their voices.

a)

reflexing

b)

inflexibility

c)

reflexes

d)

inflection

7.

When making a solar cooker, it is important to figure out how to do this to the sun to melt the cheese on your nachos.

a)

reflect

b)

deflect

c)

circumflex

d)

flexible

8.

Your wrist is able to do this pretty well.

a)

circumflex

b)

inflex

c)

reflex

d)

deflect

9.

People who have a hard time in yoga classes can be described as this.

a)

inflexible

b)

flexible

c)

circumflex

d)

deflect

10.

Did you see how that mirror bent the light to show the image clearly? What was seen?

a)

inflexibility

b)

flexor

c)

reflex

d)

reflection

11.

Write the correct word on the line so the sentence makes sense. 11. Some people have many mirrors around the house because they love to admire their _____________________.

a)

reflection

b)

collection

c)

direction

d)

selection

12.

Stretching every day will help a person who is _____________________ become more _____________________

a)

inflexible, flexible

b)

tired, energetic

c)

hungry, full

d)

slow, fast

13.

Write the correct word on the line so the sentence makes sense. 13. The racket _____________________ the ball in the wrong direction, so the tennis star lost the match.

a)

deflected

b)

caught

c)

threw

d)

bounced

14.

Write the correct word on the line so the sentence makes sense. 14. The ballerina was so _____________________ that she could lift her leg up to touch her nose.

a)

flexible

b)

clumsy

c)

noisy

d)

forgetful

15.

When light is bent back, it is _____________________.

a)

reflected

b)

refracted

c)

absorbed

d)

transmitted