| A | B |
|---|
| legislative branch | makes the laws for the country |
| perennial | plants that live longer than two years |
| conduction | the transfer of heat from hot objects to cold ones |
| prime numbers | numbers with exactly two factors, one and itself |
| fairytale | folktale with imaginary characters and magical events |
| Stamp Act | Law required colonists to place a stamp on taxed printed items |
| figurative language | writing or speech not meant to be taken literally |
| flashback | The writer shifts his narrative back to an earlier time in order to introduce information. |
| longitude | imaginary lines that run north and south; measure east and west |
| House of Representatives | the house of Congress in which each state’s number of representatives is determined according to its population |
| foreshadowing | the technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative |
| contour maps | maps in which representations of the earth’s surface are shown using lines along which all points are of equal elevation above or below sea level |
| area | number of square units needed to cover a region |
| offspring | the young of a person, animal, or plant |
| parallel | lines that are always the same distance apart |
| gene | hereditary factor that determines an organism’s characteristics and is passed from each parent to offspring |
| range | difference between the greatest number and the least number |
| separation of powers | government is separated into three separate but equal branches which creates a balance of power |
| dividend | number to be divided |
| kilo | metric prefix that means 1,000 |
