| A | B |
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| singular noun | one |
| plural noun | more than one |
| each | divide or multiply |
| quotient | answer to a division problem |
| difference | answer to a subtraction problem |
| sum | answer to an addition problem |
| product | answer to a multiplication problem |
| protagonist | main character in the story |
| antagonist | the character(s) that are against the main character |
| inference | invisible fact |
| climax | the high point in the story - the place where a choice is made that will impact the rest of the story |
| resolution | solution to the plot |
| per | multiply or divide |
| % | multiply |
| "th" and "rd" | divide |
| pitch | how high or low the sound is |
| amplitude | how loud or soft the sound is |
| wave length | distance between waves - has to do with pitch |
| wave height | has to do with amplitude/volume |
| adjective | describes a noun |
| hyperbole | an exageration |
| simile | comparison using "like" or "as" |
| total | add |
| dividend | the biggest number in the division problem |
| divisor | what you are dividing by |
| artifact | tools, paintings, clothes, and other items used by a culture |
| compass rose | north, east, west, south |
| coordinates | always go across and then up |
| scale | show distance between places |
| physical map | focuses on the geography of the land |
| political map | names of cities and states |
| incline plane | ramp, stairs, or screw |
| pulley | a rope and round object |
| force | push or pull |
| friction | force that slows all things down |
| solid | atoms close together |
| liquid | atoms farther apart |
| gas | atoms farthest apart |
| wheel and axle | a smaller and larger circle ex. steering wheel |
| adverb | usually has "ly" and answers the question "how" |
| left | subtract |
| average, mean | add together and then divide |
| range | largest minus smallest |
| median | put numbers in order and then the middle number |
| higher pitch | the tighter the string |
| loud sound | the initial force used to make sound is larger |
| hypothesis | best guess; if....then...because |
| independent variable | the part of the experiment that we think will make the biggest difference |
| dependent variable | the thing we want to change |
| natural resources | water, trees, fish, apples, etc. |
| physical feature | geography of the land like mountains, rivers, etc. |
| human feature | things built by man like bridges and buildings |
| legend or key | tells what symbols on the map mean |
| pronouns | he, she, it, I, me, they, us, etc. |
| comma | between city and state |
| comma | after Dear John, |
| Possessive noun | 's or s' |
| area | length times width |
| perimeter | add up all the sides |
| octagon | 8 sides |
| pentagon | 5 sides |
| quadrilateral | 4 sides |
| hexagon | 6 sides |
| rhombus | slanted square or a diamond |
| parallelogram | slanted rectangle |
| acute | less than 90 degrees and looks like a pacman |
| obtuse | more than 90 degrees and looks like a recliner or pool chair |
| right angle | 90 degrees |
| main idea | usually in the first sentence and throughout the entire paragraph |
| cloud | dust and water |
| 3 parts to weather | wind, temperature, and water |
| evaporation | water is heated and turned into a gas |
| condensation | water vapor cooled and turned into a liquid |
| triangle | 180 degrees |
| quadrilateral | 360 degrees |
| 180 degrees | turn opposite direction |
| 360 degrees | turn around till you are back where you started; a circle |
| polar | cold air |
| tropical | warm air |
| maritime | ocean |
| continental | land |
| interrogative | question mark |
| exclamatory | exclamation mark |
| metaphor | comparison without using like or as |
| onomatopoeia | words like "zzzzzz" or "ding" or "grrrrrr" |
| **Cumulus Clouds | White and puffy; look like cotton balls |
| **Barometer | Measures the pressure of the air |
| **Dew Point | Measure the temperature when condensation occurs and when clouds begin to form |
| **Cirrus Clouds | wispy strands that are mostly ice |
| **Stratus Clouds | Look like blankets over the sky; usually mean precipitation |
| **Precititation | rain, snow, sleet |
| **Condensation | When water vapor land on cooler objects and turns back into water; this is why the grass is wet in the morning |
| **Evaporation | When water is heated so much that it turns into a gas and goes up into the sky |
| **About | means estimate |
| **Cumulonimbus Clouds | These are storm clouds that come with thunderstorms and tornadoes |
| **Front | when two different air masses meet |
| **Polar | cold |
| **Continental | From land so dry |
| **Maritime | From the oceans so wet |
| **Tropical | hot |
| **5a | when a number and a letter are together this means multiply |
| **Cold air | heavier and falls |
| **Warm air | Lighter and rises |
| **Density | How much stuff is in a given space; the more air the less dense something is; denser things will sink faster in water than less dense things |
| **Quotations | Put quotations around things other people have said |
| **Meter and yards | about the width of a door; used to measure things like distance across a room or how long a car is |
| **Inches | about the width of your thumb; used to measure small things like notebooks, pencils, etc. |
| **Kilometers and miles | These are used to measure great distances between states, cities, countries, etc. |
| **Quarts and liters | Used to measure liquids |
| **literal meanings | phrases that mean something different than the way they sound; Ex. let the cat out of the bag |
| **millimeters | Measures things that are really small like sweet tarts |
| **milliliters | measures small amounts of a liquid like in an eye dropper |
| **ounces | 16 ounces = 1 pound |
| **quarts | 2 pints = 1 quart |
| **pints | 2 cups = 1 pint |
| **gallon | 4 quarts = 1 gallon |
| **centimeters and decimeters | measure things like paper clips or pencils |
| **antonym | opposite |
| **synonym | the same |
| **prime number | can only get the number by multiplying times 1; Ex. 5 = 5X1 |
| **Composite number | more than one way to get using multiplication; Ex. 6 = 2X3 and 6X1 |
| **fact | can be proven |
| **opinion | can't be proven; if you ask 20 people about it there will be some disagreement; tends to have lots of adjectives in it |
| **syllable | must have a vowel (a,e,o,i,u, or y) in it |
| **syllable | usually split double consonants up; Ex. bub/ble |
| **syllable | prefixes and suffixes are usually syllable by themselves; Ex. Pre/amble or Re/call |
| **estimate | you are rounding but you need to have as many ZEROES in your answer as possible; Ex. 345678 estimates to 300,000 |
| **3/3 or 4/4 | always equals 1 |
| **topic sentence | first sentence in the paragraph that usually indicates the main idea |
| **concluding sentence | last sentence in the paragraph |
| **glossary | gives you definitions of words in the book |
| **index | gives you page numbers |
| **table of contents | tells you the sections and chapters of the book; also gives you some basic information (titles) of the various parts of a book |
| **sensory images | a description based on what you can hear, smell, taste, touch, and see |
| **fiction | not based on actual events; made up |
| **nonfiction | Based on actual events and actually occurred |
| **commutative property | reorganizes numbers but still equal the same amount; Ex. 3+4=4+3 |
| **associative property | regrouping of numbers with the parenthesis but the answers are still equal; Ex. 3 x (4x5) = 4 X (3x5) |
| producers | plants, make their own food using photosynthesis |
| consumers | can't make their own food |
| decomposers | bugs, insects, worms, etc. that cause dead things to rot and decay |
| weather | what happens on a particular day |
| climate | the weather patterns over an extended period of time like years |
| wind vane | tells wind direction |
| anenometer | tells wind speed |
| transparent | can see clearly through it like a glass |
| translucent | light can get through it but objects are blurry like the windows on bathrooms or stainglass |
| opaque | light cannot get through it |
| seasons | created by the earth's tilt |
| rotation of the earth on its axis; spinning like a ball | takes 24 hours and explains the change from day to night |
| revolution of the earth around the sun | explain the year |
| phases of the moon | crescent, half, full, .... |
| homophone | words that sound the same but are spelled differently like hear and here or deer and dear |
