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Weird and Wonderful Echidna: Vocab, Latin Roots, synthesizing

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the root 'terr' mean?

a)

water or sea

b)

sky or air

c)

fire or flame

d)

earth or land

2.

What does the root 'rupt' mean?

a)

to break or burst

b)

to cut or slice

c)

to twist or turn

d)

to hold or grasp

3.

What does the root 'tract' mean?

a)

to pull or draw

b)

to hold or grasp

c)

to break or shatter

d)

to push or lift

4.

What does the root 'aqua' mean?

a)

earth

b)

fire

c)

water

d)

air

5.

What does the root 'dict' mean?

a)

to listen or to hear

b)

to read or to interpret

c)

to say or to speak

d)

to write or to compose

6.

Match 'terr' with its definition: 'earth' or 'water'?

a)

fire

b)

earth

c)

stone

d)

air

7.

Match 'rupt' with its definition: 'to break' or 'to pull'?

a)

to connect

b)

to mend

c)

to shatter

d)

to break

8.

Match 'tract' with its definition: 'to draw' or 'to speak'?

a)

to pull

b)

to write

c)

to create

d)

to draw

9.

Match 'aqua' with its definition: 'water' or 'land'?

a)

earth

b)

air

c)

fire

d)

water

10.

Match 'dict' with its definition: 'to say' or 'to see'?

a)

to say

b)

to speak

c)

to hear

d)

to write

11.

What does synthesizing information from texts mean?

a)

It means to combine information from texts to understand a topic better.

b)
It means to memorize information from various texts.
c)
It involves reading texts without analyzing them.
d)
It refers to summarizing a single text for clarity.
12.

What is a cause and effect text structure?

a)
A cause and effect text structure focuses on chronological order.
b)

A cause and effect text structure shows the relationship between causes and their effects.

c)
A cause and effect text structure lists unrelated events.
d)
A cause and effect text structure describes only effects.
13.

The puppy ____ with the ball

a)

play

b)

plays

14.

The puppies ______ with the ball

a)

play

b)

plays

15.

When we have a third person singular pronoun (he/she/it) we add ____ to the verb?

a)

-ed

b)

-ing

c)

-es/-s

d)

-en

16.

What does 'unique' mean?

a)
Unique means common or ordinary.
b)
Unique refers to something that is average.
c)
Unique signifies a group or collection.
d)

Unique means unusual, not like anything else

17.

What are 'monotremes'?

a)
Monotremes are warm-blooded reptiles.
b)
Monotremes are egg-laying mammals.
c)
Monotremes are aquatic animals that lay eggs.
d)
Monotremes are mammals that give live birth.
18.

What does 'adaptation' mean?

a)
Adaptation is the act of moving to a new location.
b)
Adaptation refers to the process of becoming extinct.
c)
Adaptation is the method of reproducing in a new habitat.
d)

Adaptation is the process of change by which an animal survives better in an environment.

19.

What does 'burrow' mean?

a)
A style of painting landscapes.
b)
A type of small mammal.
c)
A method of cooking food.
d)

To dig a hole

20.

What are senses?

a)

Senses are touch, taste, sound, sight and smell

b)
Senses are the organs that produce sound and light.
c)
Senses are the thoughts that guide our decisions.
d)
Senses are the emotions that influence our behavior.