Finding Titanic Flashcards

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Bamboo

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A tall woody grass with a hollow stem, often used for building

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Flotilla

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A group of ships or boats

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Rattan

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A plant with very long tough stems, often woven for use

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Mainsail

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The primary sail on a sailing ship

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Funnels

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Smokestacks

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Plaques

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Flat markers that are engraved with words

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Shipwrecks

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Wrecked ships

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Survivors

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People who have stayed alive

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Unsinkable

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Impossible to sink

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Voyage

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A long journey to a distant place

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Wreckage

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The remains of something that has been destroyed

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Hull

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The main frame or body of a ship

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Bow

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The front ship

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Steward

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An assistant

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Iceberg

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A huge floating piece broken off of glacier

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Distress

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Needing immediate help

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Stern

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The rear of the ship

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Drenched

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Soaked wet saturate

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Loomed

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Came out from the mist or darkness emerged appear

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Portholes

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Small round widows in a ship

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Crow’s nest

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A small lookout structure at the top of a ship

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Monument

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A structure in memory of people who have died

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Electrify

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Excited charge shock jolt thrill

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Frigid

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Freezing cold icy un feeling stiff frosty antonym warm friendly

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Patrol
A lookout or protective force
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Current
A flow of water or wind moving in a specific direction
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Buoys
Floating markers
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Conveyor belt
A mechanical moving strip that transports items from one place to another
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Unstable
Not steady unpredictable unreliable unsure unsafe Antonym stable reliable
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Latitude
Distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees
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Insulate
To cover with a material that prevents the passage of heat
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Longitude
Distance measured in degrees east and west of the meridian at Greenwich, a city in the southeastern England