| A | B |
|---|
| insulator | material that blocks the flow of energy; heat or electricity will not flow through it |
| environment | our surroundings |
| simile | compare two things using like or as |
| metaphor | figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as |
| Townshend Act | in 1767, taxes by Parliament on goods brought to the colonies |
| sum | answer to an addition problem |
| indentured servants | who worked for a number of years to pay off the cost of their trip to North America |
| evaporation | process of turning from liquid to vapor |
| Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments; people’s rights |
| quotient | answer to a division problem |
| orbit | a planet’s path around the sun |
| weathering | : decomposing rocks, wood, etcl, because of exposure to wind and rain |
| analyze | look for information; break apart information |
| irony | means the opposite of what it actually says |
| historical fiction | stories based on history, but characters may be fictional |
| latitude | imaginary lines that run east and west; measures distances north and south |
| percent | part of 100 |
| tall tales | fictional stories with exaggerated feats |
| trapezoid | quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides |
| perpendicular | two lines that intersect to form right angles |
