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| Affect | to have an effect or influence on |
| Affix | sound or a group of sounds added to a word to change its meaning |
| Anecdote | short account of some interesting incident or event |
| Autobiography | story of a person’s life written by that person |
| Biography | story of a person’s life told by another person |
| Common | belonging equally to all. |
| Complicate | to make complex, involved or difficult |
| Conflict | fight or problem |
| Connect | to join one thing to another |
| Context | the parts directly before & after a word or sentence that influence its meaning |
| Convince | to make someone sure |
| Create | to make something that has not been made before |
| Credible | worthy of belief or credit |
| Diagram | drawing or sketch showing important parts of something |
| Documentary | presenting or recording factual information in an artistic way |
| Enhance | to make greater or add to |
| Evaluate | to estimate the worth or importance of; appraise |
| Fuse | to blend or unite |
| Identify | to recognize |
| Index | list of what is in the book, telling what pages to find names, topics, etc. |
| Influence | the power of acting on others |
| Insight | wisdom or understanding |
| Meaning | that which is meant or intended |
| Memoir | record of facts & events written from personal knowledge or special information |
| Origin | thing from which something comes from, or originates |
| Prediction | to foresee; forecast |
| Prefix | Syllable or syllables added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning |
| Prior | coming before or earlier |
| Provide | to give what is needed or wanted |
| Recognize | to identify someone or something that has been seen before |
| Reference | act of calling someone’s attention to something |
| Represent | to stand for, be a sign or symbol of |
| Sense | power of a living thing to know what happens outside itself |
| Sequence | the coming of one thing after another |
| Setting | a frame or other thing in which something is set |
| Specific | definite or precise |
| Struggle | to try hard to work against difficulties |
| Suffix | syllable or syllables added to the end of a word to change its meaning. |
| Tone | any sound with reference to its quality or pitch |
| Trait | quality or characteristic of |
| atmosphere | a mixture of gases that surround a planet or moon. |
| atom | the smallest unit of an element that maintains the properties of that element. |
| cell | in biology, the smallest unit that can perform all life processes. |
| chloroplast | in a cell, the organelle that uses the energy of sunlight to make food. |
| classification | the division of organisms into groups, or classes, based on specific characteristics. |
| condensation | the change of state from a gas to a liquid. |
| conduction | the transfer of energy as heat through a material. |
| convection | the transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas. |
| evaporation | the change of state from a liquid to a gas. |
| homeostasis | the maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment. |
| hypothesis | a testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation. |
| immune system | the cells & tissues that recognize & attack foreign substances in the body. |
| kinetic energy | the energy of an object due to the object’s motion. |
| law | a descriptive statement or equation that reliably predicts events under certain conditions. |
| model | plan or description to show the structure or workings of an object, system, or concept. |
| molecule | a particle that is made of two or more atoms. |
| nerve | fibers through which impulses travel between the CNS & other parts of the body. |
| organ | a collection of tissues that carry out a specialized function of the body. |
| organ system | a group of organs that work together to perform body functions. |
| parasite | an organism that obtains its food by living in or on another organism. |
| potential energy | the energy that an object has because of the position, shape, or condition of the object. |
| precipitation | any form of water that falls to Earth’s surface from the clouds. |
| radiation | the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves. |
| species | a group of organisms that are closely related & that can mate to produce fertile offspring. |
| speed | the distance traveled divided by the time interval during which the motion occurred. |
| taxonomy | the science of describing, naming, & classifying organisms. |
| tissue | a group of similar cells that perform a common function. |
| variable | a factor that changes in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis. |
| velocity | the speed of an object in a particular direction. |
| wave | a periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted through a medium. |
| Volcano | raised opening in the earth through which gasses & lava escape from the earth’s interior |
| Strait | narrow strip of water connecting 2 other large bodies of water |
| Island | body of land surrounded on all sides by water |
| Swamp | area of land that is saturated by water |
| Butte | raised, flat area of land with steep cliffs & smaller than a mesa |
| Cape | pointed piece of land extending into an ocean or lake |
| Bay | part of an ocean or lake partially enclosed by land |
| Harbor | sheltered area of water & deep enough for docking ships |
| Marsh | soft, wet, low-lying, grassy land that serves as a transition between water and land |
| Delta | triangular area of land formed from sediments at the mouth of a river |
| Oasis | spot of fertile land in a desert, fed by water from wells or underground springs |
| Prairie | large, level area of grassland with few or no trees |
| Mesa | wide, flat-topped mountain with steep sides & larger that a butte |
| Plateau | broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land |
| Cliff | steep, almost vertical edge of a hill, mountain or plain |
| Steppe | wide, treeless plain |
| Canyon | narrow, steep valley with steep sides |
| Cataract | large, powerful waterfall |
| Glacier | large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or over land |
| Valley | low land between hills or mountains |
