vocab test 5

Question 1

amateur

Answer 1

a person who does something for pleasure, not for money

Question 2

rebellion

Answer 2

a show of opposition to a form of authority

Question 3

appease

Answer 3

to make calmer by giving in to demands

Question 4

partial

Answer 4

not done unfair to one side

Question 5

gratify

Answer 5

to give pleasure or satisfaction

Question 6

knoll

Answer 6

a small, rounded hill

Question 7

tolerate

Answer 7

to put up with something synonym: endure

Question 8

impartial

Answer 8

not favoring one over the other synonym: fair

Question 9

factors

Answer 9

a whole number that divides another whole number without a remainder

Question 10

leap year

Answer 10

a year with 366 days

Question 11

common year

Answer 11

a year with 365 days

Question 12

decade

Answer 12

a period of ten years

Question 13

century

Answer 13

a period of 100 years

Question 14

millennium

Answer 14

a period of a 1,000 years

Question 15

multiples

Answer 15

a product of counting number and another number

Question 16

scale

Answer 16

a number line for measuring temperature

Question 17

Fahrenheit

Answer 17

water freezes at 32 F and boils at 212 F

Question 18

Celsius

Answer 18

water freezes at 0 C and boils at 100 C

Question 19

a.m.

Answer 19

the 12 hours before noon

Question 20

p.m.

Answer 20

the 12 hours after noon

Question 21

plot

Answer 21

a story line of the charters and where they are

Question 22

exposition

Answer 22

a story line of a fictional story

Question 23

rising action

Answer 23

events leading up to the problem or climax of a story

Question 24

climax

Answer 24

the big event turning point in a story

Question 25

falling action

Answer 25

the part in a book where a problem or climax begins to be fixed

Question 26

resolution

Answer 26

the ending of how a story is resolred

Question 27

plot mountain

Answer 27

the story line of a narrative story

Question 28

setting

Answer 28

where the story takes place

Question 29

character

Answer 29

people in the story

Question 30

character traits

Answer 30

physical, mental, and real traits about a character

Question 31

matter

Answer 31

something with volume and mass

Question 32

mass

Answer 32

measurements of how much is contained

Question 33

atom

Answer 33

tiny particles you can’t see

Question 34

mosaic

Answer 34

pieces of art made up of small pieces put toghter

Question 35

solid

Answer 35

very little movement

Question 36

liquid

Answer 36

they have more movement a little more space

Question 37

gas

Answer 37

a lot of space [fast]

Question 38

economics

Answer 38

how people use natural resources

Question 39

maufacturing

Answer 39

the business of using raw materials to make products or goods

Question 40

agriculture

Answer 40

the business of growing crops and raising livestock

Question 41

tourism

Answer 41

the business of encuring people to travel for fun

Question 42

research and development

Answer 42

the process companies use to gain new knowledge to make or improve goods

Question 43

information technology

Answer 43

the study and development of computers to store,retrieve, and send information

Question 44

interdependence

Answer 44

the system of getting goods to consumers [supply chain]

Question 45

parentheses

Answer 45

a pair of symbols used to set a part parts of math